2012 Regular Session sponsor information current as of May 25, 2012 - Noon

Biography	Senator Nancy J. King District 39	Up to the Minute	Short Format

SB 459	Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators King, Forehand, Garagiola, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, and Montgomery
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Montgomery Village South Valley Park
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 460	Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators King, Forehand, Garagiola, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Child Safety Seats and Seat Belts - Penalty
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 475	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators King, Garagiola, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Pugh, Raskin, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Stormwater Management - Dredging - Testing for Toxic Substances
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 524	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 530
Sponsored By	Senators King, Conway, Ferguson, Forehand, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, Robey, Rosapepe, and Zirkin
Entitled	Maryland After-School and Summer Opportunity Fund Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 525	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators King, Garagiola, Manno, Peters, and Robey
Entitled	Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligibility - Child Support Payments
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 566	Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 79
Sponsored By	Senators King, Benson, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Middleton, Montgomery, Muse, Pugh, Ramirez, and Young
Entitled	Home Visiting Accountability Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Ways and Means

SB 567	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 261
Sponsored By	Senators King, Colburn, Currie, Garagiola, Glassman, Jennings, Manno, McFadden, and Robey
Entitled	Communications Taxes - Reform Commission
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 568	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator King
Entitled	Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Single Sentence for Crime of Violence
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 569	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senator King
Entitled	Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Violent Offenders and Sexual Offenders
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 570	Status as of March 28, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators King, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Peters, Pugh, and Young
Entitled	Income Tax Credit - Qualified Research and Development Expenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 845	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators King, Currie, Garagiola, Madaleno, Manno, Peters, Pugh, Ramirez, and Robey
Entitled	Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfer of Property Between Related Entities - Exemption
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 846	Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators King, Forehand, and Ramirez
Entitled	Vehicle Laws - Historic Motor Vehicles
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 847	Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senator King
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 848	Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 6
Sponsored By	Senator King
Entitled	Education - Maintenance of Effort
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means and Appropriations

SB 849	Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators King, Garagiola, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Pugh
Entitled	Health Insurance - Dental Preventive Care - Coverage
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 850	Status as of March 25, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senator King
Entitled	Health Occupations - Qualifications for Licensure - Mortuary Science, Funeral Direction, and Apprenticeship
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 851	Status as of February 28, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators King, Forehand, Garagiola, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, and Raskin
Entitled	Education - Maintenance of Effort - Waiver of Penalty
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 852	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 597
Sponsored By	Senators King, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Glassman, Jacobs, and Klausmeier
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Alcoholic Beverages - Calculation of Tax
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 11	Status as of March 26, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Peters, Klausmeier, Garagiola, DeGrange, Rosapepe, King, Astle, Colburn, Kittleman, Stone, Edwards, and Dyson
Entitled	State Lottery - Licenses - Veterans' Organizations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 18	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 160
Sponsored By	Senators Peters, Astle, Klausmeier, Garagiola, DeGrange, Rosapepe, King, Ramirez, Montgomery, Kelley, Madaleno, Stone, Manno, Kittleman, Colburn, Edwards, and Brochin
Entitled	Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 19	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 452
Sponsored By	Senators Peters, Astle, Klausmeier, Garagiola, DeGrange, Rosapepe, King, Kelley, Colburn, Kittleman, Madaleno, Montgomery, Edwards, Manno, Stone, and Dyson
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Veterans' Organizations
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 28	Status as of January 18, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Peters, Astle, Klausmeier, Garagiola, DeGrange, Rosapepe, King, Ramirez, Montgomery, Colburn, Kittleman, Stone, Manno, and Edwards
Entitled	Income Tax - Military Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 179	Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 4
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Raskin, Astle, Brochin, Currie, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Middleton, Montgomery, Peters, Pipkin, Ramirez, Robey, Rosapepe, Simonaire, Stone, Zirkin, Garagiola, Glassman, and Muse
Entitled	Kathleen A. Mathias Chemotherapy Parity Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 180	Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Montgomery, Raskin, and Young
Entitled	Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 185	Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 46
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Conway, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Ramirez, Raskin, and Stone
Entitled	Motor Vehicles - Child Safety Seats - Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

SB 217	Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Robey, Conway, Ferguson, Forehand, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, and Young
Entitled	Motor Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 220	Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Forehand, Garagiola, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, and Raskin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - National Center for Children and Families Youth Activities Center
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 222	Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Brochin, Conway, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Young
Entitled	High Performance Buildings Act - Applicability to Recipients of State Aid
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 234	Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 3
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Benson, Currie, Ferguson, Kelley, King, Middleton, Peters, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Jones-Rodwell
Entitled	Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation House: Health and Government Operations

SB 235	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 446
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Garagiola, King, Madaleno, Manno, Rosapepe, and Benson
Entitled	Procurement - Investment Activities in Iran
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 237	Status as of January 24, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Ramirez, Robey, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 238	Status as of March 28, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Middleton
Entitled	Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 239	Status as of March 17, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Garagiola, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Peters, Pugh, Robey, Rosapepe, Middleton, Klausmeier, and Muse
Entitled	Economic Development - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Maryland Innovation Initiative
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation House: Economic Matters and Appropriations

SB 240	Status as of January 25, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, and Raskin
Entitled	Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Fees
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 241	Status as of January 24, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Robey, Young, and Zirkin
Entitled	Civil Marriage Protection Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 270	Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pinsky, Forehand, Jones-Rodwell, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Raskin, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Public Funding and Small Donor Act for General Assembly Elections
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 277	Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Ramirez, Benson, Conway, Currie, Ferguson, Forehand, Gladden, Kelley, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Robey, and Young
Entitled	Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Source of Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 279	Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, King, Madaleno, Manno, and Montgomery
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Easter Seals Inter-Generational Center Expansion
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 292	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 475
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Astle, Benson, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Kasemeyer, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Middleton, Miller, Muse, Peters, Pipkin, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Simonaire, Stone, Young, and Zirkin
Entitled	Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Extension
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 293	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 476
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Kittleman, Benson, Brinkley, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Ferguson, Forehand, Garagiola, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Jones-Rodwell, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Pipkin, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Robey, Shank, Stone, Young, and Zirkin
Entitled	Education - Core Content Areas - Accountability Program
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 294	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 448
Sponsored By	Senators Miller, Young, Astle, Benson, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Kasemeyer, King, Klausmeier, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Middleton, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Reilly, Robey, Shank, Stone, Forehand, Jones-Rodwell, Kittleman, and Simonaire
Entitled	Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 295	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 208
Sponsored By	Senators Astle, Klausmeier, Miller, Benson, Brinkley, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Getty, Jacobs, Jennings, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Middleton, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Reilly, Robey, Shank, Stone, Young, and Zirkin
Entitled	Commercial Law - Security Freezes - Minors and Protected Persons
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 296	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 478
Sponsored By	Senators Manno, Miller, Astle, Benson, Brinkley, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Forehand, Garagiola, Glassman, Jacobs, Jones-Rodwell, Kasemeyer, King, Klausmeier, Mathias, McFadden, Peters, Pipkin, Pugh, Ramirez, Reilly, Robey, Stone, and Young
Entitled	Income Tax Credit - Security Clearances - Employer Costs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 311	Status as of February 20, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Muse, Peters, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Mental Hygiene Administration - State Facilities - Surveillance Cameras
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance

SB 314	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 481
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, King, Klausmeier, Manno, Muse, Peters, Rosapepe, and Stone
Entitled	State Personnel - Traumatic Events - Mental Health Support Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Appropriations

SB 315	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 212
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Benson, Ferguson, King, Klausmeier, Muse, and Peters
Entitled	Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational, and Social Services
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 316	Status as of March 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, Jones-Rodwell, King, Klausmeier, Manno, Montgomery, Muse, Peters, and Stone
Entitled	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Care Facilities - Abuser Registry Workgroup
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

SB 317	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 214
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Astle, Ferguson, Gladden, Glassman, Jennings, King, Kittleman, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Mathias, Montgomery, Muse, Raskin, Rosapepe, Shank, and Stone
Entitled	Retail Pet Stores - Sales of Dogs - Required Records, Health Disclosures, and Purchaser Remedies
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 339	Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Currie, Forehand, King, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting at Early Voting Polling Places
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 341	Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Colburn, Currie, Forehand, King, Montgomery, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Zirkin
Entitled	Election Law - Subsequent Election Absentee Ballot List
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 343	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 488
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Benson, Conway, Forehand, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, McFadden, Montgomery, Muse, Peters, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe
Entitled	State Government - Brokerage and Investment Management Services - Use of Minority Business Enterprises - Application
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation House: Health and Government Operations

SB 358	Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By	The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Garagiola, Kasemeyer, King, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Peters, Pugh, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Public-Private Partnerships
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Environmental Matters and Appropriations

SB 365	Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Technical
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Astle, Benson, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Glassman, Jennings, Kasemeyer, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Middleton, Peters, Pipkin, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, Young, and Zirkin
Entitled	Higher Education - The Charles W. Riley Fire and Emergency Medical Services Scholarship
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 404	Status as of March 26, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, Glassman, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Montgomery, Stone, Young, and Zirkin
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Home Wheelchair Lifts and Stairlifts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 410	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Dyson, Brinkley, Colburn, Garagiola, Glassman, King, Klausmeier, Manno, and Middleton
Entitled	Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 417	Status as of March 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, King, Madaleno, and Manno
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - VisArts
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 423	Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Ferguson, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Pipkin, Robey, and Rosapepe
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 433	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 233
Sponsored By	Senators Young, Kelley, King, Montgomery, and Shank
Entitled	Labor and Employment - User Name and Password Privacy Protection and Exclusions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 434	Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By	Senators Young, Kelley, King, Montgomery, and Shank
Entitled	Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Electronic Account, Service, and Communications Device Privacy Protection
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Appropriations

SB 440	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Benson, Colburn, Currie, Edwards, Forehand, Glassman, King, Klausmeier, Manno, Mathias, Middleton, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Ramirez, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, and Young
Entitled	Highway User Revenue Distribution
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 441	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Astle, Benson, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Ferguson, Forehand, Glassman, King, Klausmeier, Manno, Mathias, Middleton, Montgomery, Peters, Ramirez, Rosapepe, Stone, and Young
Entitled	Transportation Trust Fund - Financing - Use of Funds
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 465	Status as of March 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Sponsored By	Senators Frosh, Benson, Conway, Forehand, King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stone, and Young
Entitled	Natural Resources - Shark or Elasmobranch Fins - Restriction on Possession or Distribution
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 467	Status as of March 26, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Edwards, Kasemeyer, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, King, Manno, McFadden, and Peters
Entitled	Income Tax Credit - Teachers at the Maryland School for the Blind and the Maryland School for the Deaf
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 477	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 521
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier, Kittleman, Astle, Colburn, DeGrange, Forehand, Kasemeyer, Middleton, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, Brinkley, Currie, Edwards, Jones-Rodwell, King, Madaleno, Manno, and Peters
Entitled	Job Creation Tax Credit - Termination Provisions
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 537	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Pugh, Benson, Conway, Currie, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, McFadden, Montgomery, Muse, and Ramirez
Entitled	State Finance and Procurement - Special Funds - Diversity
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

SB 544	Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Ramirez, Raskin, Benson, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, King, Kittleman, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Middleton, Miller, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Reilly, Robey, Rosapepe, Shank, Simonaire, Stone, Young, and Zirkin
Entitled	Elected Officials - Removal from Office - Crimes
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

SB 551	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 257
Sponsored By	Senators Montgomery and King
Entitled	Procurement - Required Disclosure - Conflict Minerals Originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations

SB 561	Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Jacobs, Kelley, King, Montgomery, Ramirez, Raskin, and Stone
Entitled	Family Law - Protective Orders - Additional Relief
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 562	Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By	Senators Forehand, Colburn, Jacobs, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Manno, Ramirez, Stone, Brochin, and Raskin
Entitled	Juvenile Sex Crime Victims' Rights Act
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

SB 580	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 544
Sponsored By	Senators Peters, Conway, Currie, Ferguson, Garagiola, King, Manno, McFadden, Muse, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Robey, Kasemeyer, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Edwards, Jones-Rodwell, and Madaleno
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 599	Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Young, Ferguson, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, King, Ramirez, Reilly, and Shank
Entitled	Political Subdivisions - Legal Notice Requirements - Posting on Web Sites
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 653	Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Klausmeier, Kittleman, Astle, Colburn, Forehand, Garagiola, Glassman, King, Middleton, and Peters
Entitled	Income Tax - Expensing of Business Property and Bonus Depreciation
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 656	Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 82
Sponsored By	Senators Manno, Ramirez, Benson, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Raskin
Entitled	Higher Education - Community Colleges - Tuition Waiver for Disabled Individuals
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Ways and Means

SB 681	Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Madaleno, Currie, King, Manno, Peters, and Raskin
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Food and Friends, Inc.
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 744	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 293
Sponsored By	Senators Madaleno, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Glassman, Jones-Rodwell, King, Klausmeier, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stone, Astle, Kittleman, Kelley, and Middleton
Entitled	Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage, Workgroup, and Technical Advisory Group
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Health and Government Operations

SB 752	Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Young, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Simonaire, and Stone
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 792	Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 585
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Muse, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Young, Middleton, and Astle
Entitled	Linked Deposit Program for Small Businesses - Lend Local Act of 2012
Committee Assignments	Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

SB 793	Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Colburn, and King
Entitled	Corporate Income Tax - Rate in Economically Depressed Counties
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 794	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 303
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Astle, DeGrange, Glassman, King, Klausmeier, Middleton, and Robey
Entitled	Horse Racing - Purse Dedication Account - Use of Funds for Operating Assistance
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance House: Ways and Means

SB 795	Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Garagiola, Brochin, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Peters, Pugh, and Robey
Entitled	Estate Tax - Exemption for Family Farm or Small Business
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 808	Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Sponsored By	Senators Madaleno, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Ferguson, Forehand, Glassman, Jones-Rodwell, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Simonaire
Entitled	Graduate Level Education - Exemption from Paying Nonresident Tuition - Members of the United States Armed Forces
Committee Assignments	Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

SB 809	Status as of March 15, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Madaleno, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Ferguson, Forehand, Glassman, Jones-Rodwell, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, and Simonaire
Entitled	Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Periods - University and College Textbooks
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 872	Status as of March 30, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Gladden, Benson, Conway, Currie, Ferguson, Frosh, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, and Raskin
Entitled	Death Penalty Repeal and Appropriation from Savings to Aid Survivors of Homicide Victims
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 892	Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Favorable with Amendments Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Peters, Colburn, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Robey, Klausmeier, and Ferguson
Entitled	Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals and Table Games
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 902	Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Brinkley, Forehand, Getty, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, and Peters
Entitled	Criminal Procedure - Seizure and Forfeiture - Property Used in Human Trafficking
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 976	Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By	Senators Middleton, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Getty, Glassman, Jennings, Klausmeier, Manno, Mathias, Miller, Pipkin, Zirkin, Kasemeyer, Currie, DeGrange, Jones-Rodwell, King, Madaleno, McFadden, and Peters
Entitled	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Enhanced Agricultural Management Equipment
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 993	Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Raskin, Astle, Benson, Forehand, Jennings, King, Madaleno, Montgomery, Pinsky, Pugh, and Young
Entitled	Crimes - Human Trafficking of Minor - Defenses
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings

SB 995	Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
Sponsored By	Senators Brinkley, Raskin, Colburn, Currie, Forehand, Jacobs, Jennings, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Madaleno, Mathias, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Robey, Rosapepe, and Zirkin
Entitled	Medical Marijuana - Caregivers - Certificate of Qualifying Patient
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

SB 1039	Status as of March 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By	Senators Manno, King, and Madaleno
Entitled	Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Homecrest House - Edwards Building
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation

SB 1066	Status as of March 28, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsored By	Senators Kasemeyer, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Jones-Rodwell, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, and Peters
Entitled	Income Tax - Film Production Credit - Extension and Increase
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 1086	Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 344
Sponsored By	Senators Jones-Rodwell, Currie, King, Madaleno, and Manno
Entitled	Income Tax - Tax Credits - Electronic Filing Requirements
Committee Assignments	Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means

SB 1096	Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By	Senators Simonaire, Astle, Benson, Brochin, Conway, Currie, Dyson, Edwards, Ferguson, Gladden, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Jones-Rodwell, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Pugh, Raskin, Reilly, Robey, Rosapepe, Shank, Stone, and Young
Entitled	Criminal Law - Aggravated Animal Cruelty - Bait Dogs
Committee Assignments	Senate: Judicial Proceedings