Delegate Melony G. Griffith
District 25

Status of Legislation
Total Number of Bills: 37

• HB 333

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 591

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Simplification

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

• HB 334

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Completing and Submitting an Application for Service Retirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations

• HB 335

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

• HB 338

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Unclaimed Money - Former Members, Retirees, and Beneficiaries

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

• HB 489

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Griffith, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Walker

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Prince George's County - National Children's Museum

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations

• HB 633

  Status as of March 14, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  Pensions - Designation of Beneficiary - Powers of Attorney

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations

• HB 634

  Status as of April 12, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 136

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Offset - Retiree Health Care Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

• HB 636

  Status as of February 23, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Griffith, Holmes, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Public Schools - State Aid for School Construction - Planning and Design Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations

• HB 725

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Griffith, Braveboy, and Davis

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Arthur & Mary E. Ridgley, Sr. Museum Phase I

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations

• HB 727

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 599

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Retirees and Beneficiaries of Retirees - Annual Retirement Allowance Adjustments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

• HB 1088

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  Audit Responsibilities - State Department of Education, Maryland Higher Education Commission, and State Retirement Agency

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

• HB 1148

  Status as of March 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Griffith, Hixson, Howard, James, Summers, Vaughn, and Walker

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Film Production Activity Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means and Economic Matters

• HB 1312

  Status as of May 18, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Vested Retirement Allowance - Members and Former Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations Senate: Budget and Taxation

Co-sponsored Bills

• HB 122

  Status as of March 29, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Howard, Aumann, Bates, Braveboy, Cane, Eckardt, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Haynes, Holmes, Jameson, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Stocksdale, Summers, and Washington

  Entitled

  Election Law - Use of Campaign Funds for Meeting and Conference Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• HB 157

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates B. Robinson, Alston, Braveboy, Cane, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Eckardt, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway-Riccio, Haynes, Healey, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Jones, Kaiser, Lee, McIntosh, McMillan, A. Miller, Mitchell, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Stukes, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Washington

  Entitled

  State Government - Commemorative Days - Maryland Women's History Day

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations

• HB 178

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Alston, Anderson, Arora, Barnes, Braveboy, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Griffith, Holmes, K. Kelly, Lee, McDermott, Mitchell, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, Simmons, Smigiel, Stukes, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Waldstreicher, and Walker

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Right of Appeal from Final Judgments - Conditional Guilty Plea

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• HB 180

  Status as of March 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Costa, Griffith, Hubbard, Jameson, Kach, Lee, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Coverage of Donor Breast Milk - Infant Survival Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations

• HB 234

  Status as of March 24, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ivey, Afzali, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Aumann, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Bobo, Boteler, Branch, Busch, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Cluster, Conway, Costa, Cullison, Davis, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway-Riccio, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Luedtke, Malone, McDermott, McIntosh, A. Miller, Mitchell, Mizeur, Morhaim, Murphy, Myers, Niemann, Otto, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Ready, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Smigiel, Stein, Stocksdale, Stukes, Summers, Szeliga, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Waldstreicher, Washington, Wilson, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverages - Direct Wine Shipper's Permit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters

• HB 282

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McConkey, Cluster, Frank, Griffith, Haynes, Kipke, Ready, B. Robinson, and Washington

  Entitled

  State Government - Commemorative Day - Young Heroes Day

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations

• HB 285

  Status as of March 25, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Anderson, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Braveboy, Cane, Carr, Carter, Cullison, Elliott, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kach, A. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Proctor, Ross, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Human Relations - Discrimination by a Place of Public Accommodation - Enforcement and Remedies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• HB 291

  Status as of April 7, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Anderson, Arora, Aumann, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Boteler, Branch, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Clagett, Cullison, Donoghue, Feldman, Frank, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Hixson, Hucker, Ivey, Kach, Kaiser, Kramer, Lafferty, Love, Luedtke, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, A. Miller, Minnick, Mitchell, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Proctor, Reznik, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Smigiel, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, F. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Washington, and Weir

  Entitled

  Public Health - Maryland Medical Marijuana Model Program Work Group

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• HB 339

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Requests Recede

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frush, Busch, Alston, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Braveboy, Carr, Frick, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kipke, Lee, Morhaim, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, B. Robinson, Ross, Rudolph, Summers, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Task Force on the Establishment of a Statewide Spay/Neuter Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• HB 448

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 504

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ivey, Afzali, Anderson, Barnes, Barve, Conaway, Davis, Frick, Frush, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Guzzone, Hammen, Hucker, Kaiser, Luedtke, McHale, A. Miller, Mitchell, Murphy, Oaks, Proctor, B. Robinson, Stocksdale, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, F. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Walker, Washington, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Education - Residential Boarding Education Programs for At-Risk Youth - Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means Senate: Budget and Taxation

• HB 456

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 252

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Busch, Branch, Hammen, Barve, McIntosh, Barkley, Barnes, Beidle, Bobo, Bohanan, Boteler, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Carter, Clagett, Conaway, Cullison, Davis, Feldman, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Lee, Love, Luedtke, A. Miller, Mitchell, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Reznik, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Sophocleus, Stein, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vaughn, Walker, Washington, Pendergrass, and Donoghue

  Entitled

  Procurement - Minority Business Participation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• HB 474

  Status as of March 25, 2011: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Environmental Matters

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates James, Beidle, Bohanan, Bromwell, Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Donoghue, Griffith, Lafferty, Malone, Minnick, Olszewski, Rudolph, Sophocleus, and Wood

  Entitled

  Construction and Development Projects - Expedited Approval of State Permits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters

• HB 570

  Status as of March 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Costa, Glenn, Griffith, Jones, Kipke, Mizeur, Stein, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Walker

  Entitled

  Health Care Providers - Training - Eating Disorders

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations

• HB 684

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Braveboy, Davis, and Griffith

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2009 - Prince George's County - Olde Mill Community and Teaching Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations

• HB 704

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ross, Alston, Barnes, Braveboy, Davis, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Summers, V. Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Vaughn, and Walker

  Entitled

  Equity in Education Funding Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means

• HB 709

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 236

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates V. Turner, Donoghue, Griffith, Hammen, Hubbard, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Health Officers - Authority to Enter into Contracts or Agreements for Delivery of Health Care Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations Senate: Finance

• HB 805

  Status as of March 14, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Alston, Afzali, Anderson, Beidle, Burns, Carter, Conaway, Cullison, Griffith, Howard, Jacobs, K. Kelly, Lee, McComas, McDermott, Nathan-Pulliam, Smigiel, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Vitale, Walker, and Washington

  Entitled

  Domestic Violence - Timely Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary

• HB 920

  Status as of February 23, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Proctor, Alston, Anderson, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carter, Conaway, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Holmes, Jones, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, V. Turner, Vaughn, Walker, Washington, and Wilson

  Entitled

  State Personnel - Applicants for Employment - Criminal History Records Checks

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations

• HB 1017

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 414

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, Afzali, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bates, Beidle, Beitzel, Bobo, Bohanan, Boteler, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Burns, Busch, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Carter, Clagett, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Conway, Costa, Cullison, Davis, DeBoy, Donoghue, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Fisher, Frank, Frick, Frush, Gaines, George, Gilchrist, Glass, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haddaway-Riccio, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hershey, Hixson, Hogan, Holmes, Hough, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Impallaria, Ivey, Jacobs, James, Jameson, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Kipke, Kramer, Krebs, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Luedtke, Malone, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, McHale, McIntosh, McMillan, A. Miller, W. Miller, Minnick, Mitchell, Mizeur, Morhaim, Murphy, Myers, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Norman, Oaks, Olszewski, Otto, Parrott, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ready, Reznik, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Schuh, Schulz, Serafini, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stein, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stukes, Summers, Szeliga, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Vaughn, Vitale, Waldstreicher, Walker, Washington, Weir, Wilson, Wood, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Registration and Driver's License Renewal Fees - No Charge for Recipients of Medal of Honor

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• HB 1046

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Braveboy, Davis, and Griffith

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Berkshire Neighborhood Park Renovation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations

• HB 1175

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 205

  

  Sponsored By

  Economic Matters Committee and Delegates Hucker, Ivey, Barkley, Afzali, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Aumann, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Bobo, Boteler, Branch, Busch, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Clagett, Cluster, Conway, Costa, Cullison, Davis, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Frank, Frick, Frush, Gaines, George, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway-Riccio, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Hershey, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Impallaria, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Kipke, Kramer, Krebs, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Luedtke, Malone, McDermott, McHale, McIntosh, A. Miller, Mitchell, Mizeur, Morhaim, Murphy, Myers, Niemann, Otto, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Ready, Reznik, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Rudolph, Schulz, Serafini, Simmons, Smigiel, Stein, Stocksdale, Stukes, Summers, Szeliga, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Washington, Wilson, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverages - Direct Wine Shipment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• HB 1190

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 382

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones, Anderson, Barkley, Braveboy, Burns, Carter, Cullison, Dumais, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Healey, Hubbard, James, Kaiser, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Kramer, Lafferty, Lee, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Stukes, Tarrant, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Washington, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Child in Need of Supervision Pilot Program - Expansion

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• HB 1208

  Status as of April 12, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 159

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wilson, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Bohanan, Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Eckardt, Gaines, Griffith, Guzzone, Haynes, James, Jones, McConkey, Mizeur, Proctor, B. Robinson, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Szeliga, Washington, Wood, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Exemption from Tuition for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility Age

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• HB 1272

  Status as of February 24, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Alston, Braveboy, Cane, Cullison, Dumais, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Guzzone, Holmes, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Lee, McIntosh, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, S. Robinson, Ross, Smigiel, Summers, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, and Washington

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Support - Age of Majority - Postsecondary Education

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations