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Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk
District 21
Total Number of Bills: 112
HB 100       Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 353
Vital Records - Certificates of Death - Amendments to Cause of Death
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 101       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 649
Health - General - Posthumous Use of Donor Sperm and Eggs
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 103       Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Independent Foster Care Adolescents - Age of Eligibility
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 217       Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 213
Council for the Procurement of Health, Educational, and Social Services
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 218       Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Commission on Civil Rights - Discrimination in Employment - Computation of Time for Filing a Civil Action
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 361       Status as of February 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Public Safety - Autism Awareness Training Program
House: Judiciary    
HB 399       Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 256
Health - Cottage Food Businesses - Requirements
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 406       Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Laurel Boys and Girls Club Renovation
House: Appropriations    
HB 409       Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Public Service Commission - LED Street Lighting Equipment
House: Economic Matters     Senate: Finance
HB 606       Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Education - School Vehicle - On-Board Attendant
House: Environmental Matters    
HB 865       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 560
State Procurement - Disclosure - Location of the Performance of Services
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 873       Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Assisted Reproduction Agreements - Court Approval, Notice, and Required Records
House: Judiciary    
HB 961       Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Subrogation - Reduction
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: February 28, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 1012     Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Ex-Offender Business Development Program Study
House: Judiciary    

Co-sponsored Bills

HB 81         Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Real Property - Homeowners Associations - Election of Governing Body
House: Environmental Matters    
HB 96         Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 352
Criminal Procedure - Probation Before Judgment - Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance
House: Judiciary     Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 107       Status as of January 25, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Public Health - Child Care Products Containing Flame Retardant Chemicals (TRIS) - Prohibition
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: January 31, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 111       Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 354
Criminal Law - Failure to Return Rental Vehicle - Notice
House: Judiciary     Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 147       Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - YWCA Counseling and Community Service Building Renovation
House: Appropriations    
HB 148       Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Samaritan House Addition
House: Appropriations    
HB 165       Status as of January 25, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
State Government - Commemorative Days - Juneteenth National Freedom Day
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: February 2, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 168       Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Source of Income
House: Environmental Matters    
HB 194       Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 196       Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Student Health and Fitness Act
House: Ways and Means     (Heard: February 9, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 211       Status as of April 20, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 147
Elected Officials - Removal from Office - Crimes
House: Environmental Matters     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 220       Status as of February 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Procurement - Community Service Providers - Executive Compensation - Reporting Requirements
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 230       Status as of March 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Public Safety - Department of State Police - Yellow Dot Program
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 243       Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 5
Kathleen A. Mathias Chemotherapy Parity Act of 2012
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 244       Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
State Government - Commemorative Days - Maryland Centenarians Day
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: February 8, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 274       Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Dinosaur Park Improvements
House: Appropriations    
HB 277       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 489
State Government - Brokerage and Investment Management Services - Use of Minority Business Enterprises - Application
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
HB 286       Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 75
Managed Care Organizations - Medical Loss Ratio Information - Publication
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 287       Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Civil Rights - Discrimination by a Place of Public Accommodation - Enforcement and Remedies
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 310       Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Public and Nonpublic Institutions of Higher Education - Internet and Electronic Account Privacy Protection
House: Appropriations     (Heard: February 14, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 316       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 463
State Board of Pharmacy - Wholesale Distributor Permits - Permit and Application Requirements
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 322       Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care Building Facilities
House: Appropriations    
HB 347       Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
House: Ways and Means     (Heard: February 7, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 373       Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Education - Age for Compulsory Public School Attendance - Exemptions
House: Ways and Means     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 408       Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Health Occupations - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: March 14, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 411       Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
DNA Evidence - Postconviction Review - Continuation of Reforms
House: Judiciary    
HB 425       Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 258
Procurement - Required Disclosure - Conflict Minerals Originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 438       Status as of March 1, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 2
Civil Marriage Protection Act
House: Judiciary and Health and Government Operations     Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 439       Status as of March 28, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance
Maryland Health Improvement and Disparities Reduction Act of 2012
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation     (Heard: April 3, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)
HB 440       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 447
Procurement - Investment Activities in Iran
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 443       Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 152
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 480       Status as of April 3, 2012: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed
Criminal Procedure - Unexecuted Warrant, Summons, or Other Criminal Process - Invalidation and Destruction
House: Judiciary     Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 542       Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Public Schools - Student Attendance - Preventing Chronic Absenteeism
House: Ways and Means     (Heard: February 23, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 556       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 524
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Regulation
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 561       Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccinations - Expanded Authority
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 620       Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: February 21, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 621       Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition Against Smoking in Vehicle Containing Young Child
House: Environmental Matters     (Heard: March 6, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 628       Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Street Lighting - Purchase of Equipment by Local Government and Tariffs
House: Economic Matters    
HB 634       Status as of March 27, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Physician Assistants - Performance of X-ray Duties
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Senate Rules
HB 638       Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Bona Fide Wellness Program and Wellness Promotion
House: Appropriations and Health and Government Operations     (Heard: February 21, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 641       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 669
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viruses - Public Awareness, Treatment, and Outreach
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 650       Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Educational Accomplishment
House: Judiciary     Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 651       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 670
Child Support - Incarcerated Obligors - Suspension of Payments and Accrual of Arrearages
House: Judiciary     Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 652       Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Criminal Records - Shielding - Nonviolent Convictions
House: Judiciary    
HB 676       Status as of March 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters
Religious Observance Accommodation Act
House: Economic Matters    
HB 719       Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services
House: Judiciary    
HB 729       Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Consumer Protection - Tire Age - Required Notice
House: Economic Matters    
HB 746       Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Electronic Account, Service, and Communications Device Privacy Protection
House: Appropriations    
HB 755       Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Precious Metal Object Dealers, Pawn Shops, Scrap Metal Processors, and Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers or Scrap Processors - Fingerprint Requirement
House: Economic Matters    
HB 766       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 678
State Government - Commemorative Days - Crime Victims and Advocates
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 775       Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Task Force to Study Redistricting in Maryland
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations     (Heard: March 2, 2012, 2:30 p.m.)    
HB 780       Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Multicultural Health Care Equity Certification and Accreditation - Work Group
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 800       Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks
House: Appropriations     (Heard: March 8, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 838       Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 319
Health Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Audits and Reimbursement of Pharmacies or Pharmacists
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 869       Status as of March 29, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Maryland Workforce and Career Pathways Act of 2012
House: Economic Matters    
HB 886       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 531
Maryland After-School and Summer Opportunity Fund Program
House: Ways and Means     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 939       Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters
Motor Vehicle Combinations - Use on Maryland Route 212 Prohibited
House: Environmental Matters    
HB 941       Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Maryland Business Tax Fairness Act
House: Ways and Means     (Heard: March 6, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 949       Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Death Penalty Repeal and Appropriation from Savings to Aid Survivors of Homicide Victims
House: Judiciary    
HB 956       Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Income Tax - Capital Gains
House: Ways and Means     (Heard: March 6, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 973       Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Creation of a State Debt - Food and Friends, Inc.
House: Appropriations    
HB 986       Status as of March 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Family Law - Child Support - Age of Majority - Postsecondary Education
House: Judiciary    
HB 990       Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Vehicle Laws - Unattended Motor Vehicle - Exception to Prohibition
House: Environmental Matters     Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 997       Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 576
Commercial Law - Rental-Purchase Agreements - Disclosures
House: Economic Matters     Senate: Finance
HB 1015     Status as of March 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Maryland Health Security Act of 2012
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 1016     Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Higher Education - Tuition Waiver - Children of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
House: Appropriations    
HB 1020     Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Maryland Animal Abuse Registry
House: Judiciary    
HB 1026     Status as of February 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Economic Development - Sickle Cell Disease Research Program
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: March 20, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 1055     Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 294
Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage, Workgroup, and Technical Advisory Group
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 1056     Status as of February 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
Health Occupations - Licensed Midwives
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: March 15, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 1140     Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 296
Physicians - Sharing of Information with Maryland Health Care Commission
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 1141     Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 418
Maryland Health Care Commission - Cardiac Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Services
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 1148     Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 705
Courts - Victims of Crime - Interpreters
House: Judiciary     Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1149     Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 580
Health Insurance - Coverage for Services Delivered Through Telemedicine
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 1153     Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Tobacco Tax - Healthy Maryland Initiative
House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations     (Heard: March 9, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 1154     Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Harriet Tubman Day
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 1164     Status as of February 28, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
State Government - Commemorative Days - Harriet Tubman Day
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: March 13, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 1168     Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
State Government - Commemorative Months - Lyme Disease Awareness Month
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 1193     Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 482
State Personnel - Traumatic Events - Mental Health Support Services
House: Appropriations     Senate: Finance
HB 1196     Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 707
Participation in Procurement - Conflict of Interest - Exemption
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1202     Status as of April 3, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Public Information Act - Required Denials - Newsletters Sent by Public Officials
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 1207     Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 629
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Licensure of Clinical Professional Art Therapists
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1247     Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2012
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters    
HB 1286     Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
Procurement - Noncompetitive Negotiation - Repeal of Limitations
House: Health and Government Operations    
HB 1318     Status as of February 16, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Developmental Disabilities Administration - Disparity Study - Funding to Nonprofit Organizations
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations    
HB 1322     Status as of March 24, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Family Investment Program - Assistance Determination - Child Support
House: Appropriations    
HB 1369     Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 153
Office of Minority Affairs - Duties of Special Secretary - Minority Business Enterprises
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1370     Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 154
Procurement - Minority Business Participation
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1371     Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
State Government - Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Memorial Statues - Placement and Commission
House: Health and Government Operations     (Heard: March 13, 2012, 1:00 p.m.)    
HB 1401     Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 605
State Department of Education - Oral Health Education
House: Ways and Means     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1407     Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Workgroup on Cancer Clusters and Environmental Causes of Cancer
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Finance
HB 1428     Status as of March 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction - Robbery
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations    
HB 1429     Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 723
State Government - Statue of Harriet Tubman
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1435     Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 438
Maryland Veterans Commission - Membership - Revision
House: Health and Government Operations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HJ 3           Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Joint Resolution 4
Maryland Ratification of the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations     Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HJ 10         Status as of February 10, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
National Harriet Tubman Day
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations    
HJ 11         Status as of February 10, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Gift of a Statue of Harriet Tubman to the United States Government
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations    
HJ 14         Status as of February 10, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
Legislative Districting Plan of 2012
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations