Senator Bobby A. Zirkin
District 11

Status of Legislation
Total Number of Bills: 45

• SB 79

  Status as of January 18, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Car Dealers - Sunday Operations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• SB 80

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Courts - Evidence - Vehicle Repair Estimates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

• SB 81

  Status as of February 14, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Orphans' Court Judges - Qualifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• SB 82

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 460

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Claims for Bodily Injury or Death - Payment Limitation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

• SB 83

  Status as of January 26, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Real Estate Brokers - Contract Provisions - Payment of Legal Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• SB 136

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Consumer Contracts - Payment of Legal Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance

• SB 137

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Contract Provisions - Payment of Legal Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance

• SB 203

  Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Zirkin, Astle, Jacobs, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Montgomery, Robey, Shank, Stone, Young, Brochin, Forehand, Ramirez, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Payment of Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

• SB 334

  Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Family Law - Grounds for Divorce

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

• SB 406

  Status as of February 3, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Finance

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Notice of Claim for Damages - Time for Filing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance

• SB 407

  Status as of April 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Zirkin and Jennings

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Board of Education - Selection of Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

• SB 480

  Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Acorn Hill Natural Play Area

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation

• SB 481

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Custody - Interim Custody or Visitation Order

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• SB 482

  Status as of February 2, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Residential Real Estate - Transfer of Mortgage Servicing - Disclosure of Additional Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance

• SB 538

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Real Estate Brokers - Contracts - Real Estate Reform Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• SB 709

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Family Law - Grounds for Divorce

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• SB 719

  Status as of February 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Owings Mills High School Stadium

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation

• SB 721

  Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Task Force on Climate Control in Public Schools in Baltimore County

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation

• SB 722

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Maryland Trust Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

• SB 912

  Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Senate Rules

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Department of Juvenile Services - Juvenile Facilities - Reduction of Bed Limit

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Senate Rules

• SB 1028

  Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Zirkin and Peters

  Entitled

  Labor and Employment - Leave - Deployment of Family Members in the Armed Forces

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance

• SB 1055

  Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Zirkin and Stone

  Entitled

  Court Costs - Criminal Cases - Funding for Law Enforcement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation

Co-sponsored Bills

• SB 175

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 42

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Forehand, Getty, Jacobs, Shank, Stone, Brochin, Ramirez, Zirkin, and Simonaire

  Entitled

  Crimes - Electronic Communication - Harassment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

• 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 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 276

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 50

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Mathias, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Garagiola, Jennings, Middleton, Peters, Robey, Forehand, Getty, Jacobs, Stone, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards - Notation of Veteran Status

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters

• 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 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 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 352

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 491

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Raskin, Jacobs, Ramirez, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information - Sign Posting Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Economic Matters

• 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 414

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 229

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Brochin, Klausmeier, Stone, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Juvenile Law - Taking Child into Custody - Arrest Warrant

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

• 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 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 564

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Benson, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Kasemeyer, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Middleton, Montgomery, Muse, Ramirez, Raskin, Stone, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Student Health and Fitness Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

• SB 581

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 263

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Brochin, Klausmeier, Zirkin, and Jennings

  Entitled

  Maryland Historical Trust - National Register of Historic Places - Essex Skypark

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters

• SB 612

  Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Jacobs, Forehand, Getty, Ramirez, Stone, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - First Degree Assault - Strangulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

• SB 647

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 554

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ramirez, Colburn, Forehand, Jacobs, Raskin, Shank, Stone, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Domestically Related Crimes - Reporting

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

• SB 797

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 304

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Gladden, Forehand, Ramirez, Raskin, Stone, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Witnesses - Privileged Communications or Information Involving Labor Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary

• SB 929

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 624

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle, Conway, Ferguson, Gladden, Klausmeier, Young, Zirkin, Mathias, Muse, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Electric Companies - Contact Voltage - Surveys and Mitigation - The Deanna Camille Green Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters

• 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 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

By Request

• SB 720

  Status as of March 30, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin (By Request - Task Force on Prisoner Reentry) and Senator Jones-Rodwell

  Entitled

  Child Support - Incarcerated Obligors - Suspension of Payments and Accrual of Arrearages

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings