Emergency Bills

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 65

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  HB 2

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 39

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Glenn

  Entitled

  Public School Buildings - Carbon Monoxide Detection and Warning Equipment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 31

  Status as of April 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Baltimore County Delegation

  Entitled

  Baltimore County Revenue Authority - Sale of Property

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 32

  Status as of February 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clagett

  Entitled

  Department of Planning - State Development Plan - Approval by the General Assembly

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 33

  Status as of February 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clagett

  Entitled

  Environment - Watershed Implementation Plans - Implementation Deadlines

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 50

  Status as of January 11, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Otto

  Entitled

  Somerset County - County Commissioners - Districts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 112

  Status as of January 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McDermott

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Public Defender - Representation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 144

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Eckardt, Cane, and Haddaway-Riccio

  Entitled

  Caroline County and Dorchester County - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 176

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gutierrez, Carr, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2002 and 2009 - Montgomery County - MacDonald Knolls Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 186

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 358

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Department of the Environment - Permit Proceedings - Judicial Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 261

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 505

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Vallario, McDermott, Anderson, Dumais, Glenn, K. Kelly, Simmons, Smigiel, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Citations and Appearances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 325

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 9

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway and McDermott

  Entitled

  Slot Machines for Nonprofit Organizations on the Eastern Shore - Uses of Proceeds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 381

  Status as of March 23, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clagett

  Entitled

  Electric Companies - Generation Request for Proposals - Expansion of Area

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 432

  Status as of February 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider-Based Outpatient Oncology Centers - Reimbursement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 520

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 625

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Barkley, Braveboy, Burns, Davis, Feldman, Harrison, Impallaria, Jameson, Jones, Kramer, Love, McHale, Minnick, Oaks, Olszewski, B. Robinson, Schuh, Stukes, Tarrant, and Vaughn

  Entitled

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

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 597

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 130

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  Horse Racing - Mile Thoroughbred Racetracks - Payment of Taxes and Impact Aid and Arabian Breed Racing Authorization

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 688

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 315

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Costa

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Athletic Trainer Advisory Committee - Education, Supervision, and Administration

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 737

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Baltimore County Delegation (By Request - Baltimore County Administration)

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 747

  Status as of April 3, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Beitzel

  Entitled

  Garrett County - County Commissioners - Wind Energy Conversion Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  HB 770

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 679

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Davis

  Entitled

  Public Service Commission - Electric Companies - New Generation Facilities and Customer Credits and the Electric Universal Service Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 870

  Status as of February 28, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners - Dentists and Dental Hygienists - Appointments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1017

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 408

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Davis

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Maryland Insurance of Last Resort Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1133

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Carter

  Entitled

  State Highway Administration - Closure of Interstate 70 for Red Line Transit Project Expansion Prohibited

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1154

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Lee, Alston, Arora, Beidle, Bobo, Braveboy, Burns, Cane, Carr, Conaway, Cullison, Eckardt, Frick, Frush, Gaines, George, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Healey, Hough, Howard, Ivey, Jones, A. Kelly, Love, McComas, A. Miller, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Washington

  Entitled

  Harriet Tubman Day

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1157

  Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hershey, Afzali, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Ready, Schulz, Serafini, Stocksdale, and Szeliga

  Entitled

  Maryland Transportation Authority - Fixing or Revising Tolls - Legislative Approval Required

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1215

  Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boteler, Cluster, George, Glass, Hough, Ivey, Kach, McDermott, A. Miller, Myers, Norman, Stukes, Walker, and Weir

  Entitled

  Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses - Acceptance of Courses Approved by Other States

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1219

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 288

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boteler, Branch, Cluster, George, Glass, Hixson, Hough, Ivey, Kach, McDermott, A. Miller, Myers, Norman, Stukes, Summers, F. Turner, Walker, and Weir

  Entitled

  Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses and Services - Development or Review and Approval

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1222

  Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boteler, Cluster, George, Glass, Hixson, Hough, Ivey, Kach, McDermott, A. Miller, Myers, Norman, Stukes, and Weir

  Entitled

  State Board of Education - Online Courses - Approval Processing Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1412

  Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bohanan, Kaiser, Jones, Conway, Hixson, Branch, Guzzone, Luedtke, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Education - Maintenance of Effort

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means and Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1431

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 145

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, Bohanan, Fisher, Jameson, Vallario, Wilson, and Wood

  Entitled

  Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1435

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 438

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stukes, Mitchell, Bromwell, Donoghue, Kach, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Maryland Veterans Commission - Membership - Revision

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1437

  Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clagett

  Entitled

  State Operating Budget - State Prescription Drug Program Subsidy - Lump Sum Payment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1463

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 442

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Prince George's County - Prince George's VFD

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1469

  Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McConkey

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Aggravated Animal Cruelty - Bait Dogs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1476

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 443

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rudolph

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 - Cecil County - Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  SB 9

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 7

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2011 - Montgomery County - Mental Health Association HVAC Replacement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 10

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 8

  Sponsored By

  Senators Colburn, Mathias, and Pipkin

  Entitled

  Slot Machines for Nonprofit Organizations on the Eastern Shore - Uses of Proceeds

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 46

  Status as of January 17, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 1

  Sponsored By

  Senator Mathias

  Entitled

  Somerset County - County Commissioners - Districts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Reapportionment and Redistricting
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

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  SB 47

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 166

  Sponsored By

  Senator Madaleno

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2002 and 2009 - Montgomery County - MacDonald Knolls Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 51

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 13

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ferguson

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Board of Liquor License Commissioners - Transfer of License

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 105

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 18

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Caroline County and Dorchester County - Turkey Hunting on Private Property - Sundays

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 165

  Status as of January 24, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Office of the Public Defender - Representation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 190

  Status as of February 20, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs, Brinkley, Edwards, Getty, Glassman, Kittleman, Pipkin, and Reilly

  Entitled

  Education - School Construction - Applicability of Priority Funding Areas

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 229

  Status as of February 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Individual and Group Coverage - Application of Federal Affordable Care Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 326

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 58

  Sponsored By

  Senator DeGrange

  Entitled

  Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2005 - Anne Arundel County - Benson-Hammond House

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 379

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 66

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)

  Entitled

  Annual Corrective Bill

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Senate Rules
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

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  SB 380

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 67

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)

  Entitled

  Annual Curative Bill

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Senate Rules
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

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  SB 422

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 504

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh and Colburn

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Citations and Appearances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 639

  Status as of March 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Public Service Commission - Application for Substantial Influence - Divestiture of Gas and Electric Company

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 654

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 558

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier (By Request - Baltimore County Administration)

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 674

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 287

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses and Services - Development or Review and Approval

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 735

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  State Board of Education - Online Courses - Approval Processing Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 736

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses - Acceptance of Courses Approved by Other States

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 745

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 570

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Kelley, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Injured Workers' Insurance Fund - Conversion to Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 754

  Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Young

  Entitled

  Electric Companies - Generation Request for Proposals - Expansion of Area

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 767

  Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Edwards

  Entitled

  Garrett County - County Commissioners - Wind Energy Conversion Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 790

  Status as of March 15, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Conway, Jones-Rodwell, and Manno

  Entitled

  Harriet Tubman Day

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  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

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  SB 870

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 314

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Athletic Trainer Advisory Committee - Education, Supervision, and Administration

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  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

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  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

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  SB 1076

  Status as of March 29, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Maryland Veterans Commission - Membership - Revision

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 1095

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Gladden and Frosh

  Entitled

  Child in Need of Supervision Pilot Program - Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation
  

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  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
  

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  SB 1100

  Status as of March 27, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Montgomery, Garagiola, Frosh, Madaleno, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Montgomery County - Real Property - Enforceability of Recorded Covenants and Restrictions - Agricultural Activities and Structures

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 1101

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ramirez

  Entitled

  Red Light, Speeding, and Parking Violations - Civil Penalties - Late Payment Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings