2006 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 3

CHAPTER NUMBER: 290 File Code: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Prior Year Introduction As: HB 3/05 - HGO Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 305
Sponsored By:
The Speaker and Delegates Brown, Hixson, Hammen, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Boteler, Bozman, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, D. Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Gaines, Glassman, Goodwin, Gordon, Griffith, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, James, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, McMillan, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, O'Donnell, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Quinter, Rosenberg, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stern, Trueschler, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Zirkin, Boschert, Cryor, C. Davis, Gilleland, Marriott, Myers, Ramirez, Ross, Goldwater, Costa, Kach, Kohl, McDonough, Oaks, Rudolph, and Weldon
Entitled:
Veterans Advocacy and Education Act of 2006

Synopsis:

Establishing the Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship; altering eligibility requirements for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program; establishing a specified death benefit for Maryland residents serving in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts; establishing the Outreach and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs; requiring the Program to help veterans and their dependents access specified benefits; establishing the Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
7/20
Pre-filed
1/11
First Reading Ways and Means & Health and Government Operations
2/1
Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
2/6
Hearing cancelled (Health and Government Operations)
2/15
Hearing 2/23 at 11:00 a.m.
(Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations)
3/13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/14
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/16
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
4/9
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/17
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs & Budget and Taxation
4/10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/7
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/8
Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Withdrawn
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/2
Signed by the Governor Chapter 290

Sponsored by:

Speaker of the House of Delegates
Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A
Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28
Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26
Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
Delegate Sheryl Davis Kohl, District 34A
Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Jane E. Lawton, District 18
Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Wm. Daniel Mayer, District 28
Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A
Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13
Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ARMED FORCES -see also- MILITIA
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES
DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.
DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- AELR CMTE; LEG POLICY COMMITTEE.
HIGHER EDUCATION -see also- COMM COLLEGES; MED SCHOOLS; etc.
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
LOANS -see also- MORTGAGES
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- ATTY GEN; COMP; CO ADMIN; etc
RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
REPORTS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SCHOLARSHIPS
STUDENTS
SUNSET
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Education
( 18-601 , 18-601 , 18-604 )
Public Safety
( 1-202 , 1-202 )
State Government
( 9-940 , 9-941 , 9-942 , 9-943 , 9-946 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
Number: 425867/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 14, 2006   at: 10:40 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 084439/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2006   at: 9:10 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 473828/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2006   at: 11:32 p.m.     Status: Withdrawn
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 16, 2006: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
April 9, 2006: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Senate
April 8, 2006: Third Reading Passed (46-0)