CAMPAIGN FINANCING

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 27

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  HB 1

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dembrow, Baldwin, Bobo, Brinkley, Clagett, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dypski, Elliott, Finifter, Flanagan, Getty, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Heller, Howard, Kittleman, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McKee, Minnick, D. Murphy, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Rudolph, Shriver, Snodgrass, Stup, Turner, Wood, Workman, and Cadden

  Entitled

  Campaign Finance and Ethics Law - Fund-Raising, Disclosure, and Enforcement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 2

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dembrow, Genn, Dypski, Pitkin, Clagett, Brinkley, Wood, DeCarlo, Minnick, Rudolph, Malone, Snodgrass, and Cryor

  Entitled

  Election Law - Fund-Raising During Legislative Session - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 3

  Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dypski, Pitkin, Bobo, Getty, DeCarlo, Snodgrass, Brinkley, Mandel, Wood, Minnick, Kittleman, and Cryor

  Entitled

  Lobbyist Solicitation of Contributions - Statewide Offices - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 4

  Status as of March 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dypski, Pitkin, DeCarlo, Mandel, Snodgrass, Getty, Wood, Clagett, Bobo, Rudolph, Brinkley, Malone, Kagan, Genn, and Cryor

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Contribution Reports - Contributor Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 5

  Status as of March 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Kagan, Brinkley, Bobo, Snodgrass, Getty, Mandel, DeCarlo, Wood, Minnick, Vallario, Dypski, Pitkin, and Cryor

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Campaign Finance Reports - Supplemental Contribution Statements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 6

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 638

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Vallario, Dypski, Bobo, Snodgrass, Getty, DeCarlo, Brinkley, Wood, Benson, Rudolph, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Reporting of Contributions by Persons Doing Business with State or Local Government

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 89

  Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Pitkin, and Turner

  Entitled

  Election Laws - "Quasi-Contributions" - Reporting Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 148

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kagan

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Campaign Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 214

  Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate M. Burns

  Entitled

  Employers - Prohibiting Campaign Contributions by Employees - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 223

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McIntosh, Beck, Dypski, Rosenberg, Billings, Bobo, Clagett, Cryor, Montague, Brinkley, Hurson, Kittleman, Kagan, Pitkin, Getty, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Kopp, Willis, Morgan, Dembrow, and Hecht

  Entitled

  Election Law and Ethics Law Violations - Enforcement Procedures and Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 281

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates C. Davis, Harrison, and Branch

  Entitled

  Commission to Study the State's Campaign Finance Laws

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 293

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate M. Burns

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Expenditures by a Campaign Treasurer - Wire Transfers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 544

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg and McIntosh

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Campaign Financing - Notice of Limits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 625

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Arnick

  Entitled

  Campaign Contribution - Contribution Limits - Exception

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 798

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Fry, Rudolph, Poole, and Kagan

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Reports - Members of the General Assembly

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 814

  Status as of March 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, Cryor, Kopp, Grosfeld, Pitkin, McIntosh, Turner, Hurson, Genn, Mandel, Hubbard, Pendergrass, Dypski, Petzold, Morgan, Kittleman, Clagett, Brinkley, and Faulkner

  Entitled

  Election Law - Campaign Finance - Attribution of Contributions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 872

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hurson, Shriver, B. Hughes, Conroy, Goldwater, Billings, Hubbard, Dembrow, Turner, Pitkin, Genn, Menes, Howard, McIntosh, Holt, Leopold, Heller, Mandel, Hecht, Elliott, Crumlin, M. Burns, Bobo, Love, Mossburg, R. Baker, Conway, Perry, Fry, Franchot, Pendergrass, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Joint Committee on Checkoffs and Designation of Income Tax Payments by Individuals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HJ 24

  Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ciliberti, Beck, Mossburg, Morgan, Flanagan, Leopold, Rzepkowski, M. Burns, Stull, and Elliott

  Entitled

  Governor - Campaign Fund-Raising During the Legislative Session

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  SB 127

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 562

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller, Blount, and Collins

  Entitled

  Campaign Finance and Ethics Law - Fund-Raising and Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

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  SB 128

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller, Blount, and Collins

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Reporting of Contributions by Persons Doing Business with State or Local Government

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

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  SB 139

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Sfikas

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages (Board of License Commissioners)

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 195

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 565

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Sfikas, Van Hollen, Pinsky, Madden, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Election Law and Ethics Law Violations - Enforcement Procedures and Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

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  SB 275

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Commission to Study the State's Campaign Finance Laws

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 422

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Craig

  Entitled

  State Administrative Board of Election Laws - Computerized Campaign Finance Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 622

  Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages (Liquor Board Inspectors - Ethics)

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 711

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Pinsky, Dyson, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, Frosh, Conway, and McCabe

  Entitled

  Campaign Finance Reform Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 894

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Election Law - Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs