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Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 55

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  HB 14

  Status as of January 29, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Family Violence Council), and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, and Rawlings

  Entitled

  Domestic Abuse - Duties of Law Enforcement Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 55

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate M. Burns

  Entitled

  First Degree Murder - Death Penalty - Controlled Dangerous Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 65

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 391

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bonsack

  Entitled

  Drugs - Evidence of Forgery

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 210

  Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stup, Snodgrass, and Stull

  Entitled

  Licensed Physical Therapists and Licensed Physical Therapist Assistants - Scope of Practice - Topical Pharmaceutical Agents

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 230

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Krysiak

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 252

  Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Branch, Harrison, C. Davis, C. Mitchell, Fulton, Opara, and Oaks

  Entitled

  Drug-Related Offenses - Course of Conduct

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 268

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 178

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Hammen, Oaks, Nathan-Pulliam, Watson, Boston, Branch, Campbell, C. Davis, Doory, Fulton, Harrison, Kirk, McIntosh, C. Mitchell, Montague, Opara, Parker, Rawlings, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Needle Exchange Program - Repeal of Sunset

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 307

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 425

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Bissett, Harkins, Hutchins, Preis, Weir, Owings, Conroy, Pitkin, Arnick, Crumlin, D. Davis, Fulton, Valderrama, and Stull

  Entitled

  Police Training Commission and Correctional Training Commission - Prior Substance Abuse by Applicants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 368

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 232

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frank, Stup, Love, Hecht, Morhaim, Donoghue, Kach, Goldwater, Boston, Barve, Krysiak, and Exum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Maintenance Drug Prescriptions - Supply Quantity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 385

  Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Harkins, Poole, Preis, Stull, Edwards, Jacobs, Stup, Elliott, Brinkley, Getty, Hutchins, Owings, Fry, and Perry

  Entitled

  Firearms - Drug Trafficking Crimes - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 411

  Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Owings, Weir, Ciliberti, Redmer, and Stup

  Entitled

  Job-Related Drug Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 412

  Status as of March 25, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Menes (Chairman, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates R. Baker, Boston, E. Burns, Eckardt, Hutchins, Montague, Petzold, Pitkin, and Stup

  Entitled

  Drug Forfeiture Actions - Procedure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 420

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 441

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Vallario

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - District Court and Circuit Courts - Jurisdiction

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 622

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 461

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Alcohol and Drug Counselors - Certification

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 653

  Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rosenberg (Joint Committee on Welfare Reform) and Delegates Rawlings, Branch, Cadden, Klima, C. Mitchell, and McHale

  Entitled

  Welfare Innovation Act of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 680

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 316

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Family Violence Council), and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Hecht, Grosfeld, Montague, Love, Pendergrass, Conway, Cadden, Stup, Petzold, Nathan-Pulliam, Willis, McIntosh, Parker, Rosenberg, B. Hughes, Branch, Slade, Donoghue, Franchot, Edwards, Brinkley, Eckardt, Conroy, Fry, Bobo, Watson, Mandel, Hubbard, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Domestic Abuse - Duties of Law Enforcement Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 736

  Status as of April 6, 1997: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates V. Mitchell, Wood, Hutchins, Love, Edwards, Fulton, Bissett, McClenahan, Mossburg, Crumlin, Walkup, Poole, La Vay, Kach, Kelly, Eckardt, W. Baker, Branch, Donoghue, and Schade

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Use of Controlled Dangerous Substances or Alcohol

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 749

  Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kopp, Cadden, Benson, Bobo, Bonsack, Conroy, C. Davis, Faulkner, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Harrison, Healey, B. Hughes, Kirk, Klima, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Nathan-Pulliam, Parker, Perry, Preis, Watson, Workman, Finifter, DeCarlo, Doory, Hixson, Clagett, Cryor, Frush, Rosenberg, T. Murphy and McHale

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - U.S.S. Sanctuary

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 785

  Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Nurse Psychotherapists - Authority to Prescribe and Dispense Drugs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 971

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 504

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Muse, Valderrama, R. Baker, C. Davis, Howard, Patterson, C. Mitchell, Benson, Turner, Opara, Crumlin, Finifter, and Marriott

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Uses of Methylphenidate and Other Drugs on School Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 982

  Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Marriott

  Entitled

  CIA, Crack, and Contras - Sentencing Recalculation and Public Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 984

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Healey, and Rawlings

  Entitled

  Tobacco Tax - Tobacco Tax Health Protection Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1009

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 508

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McHale, Bozman, Elliott, and Donoghue

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Issuance of Permits - Dialysis Drugs and Devices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1081

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Minors - Treatment - Capacity to Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1209

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 368

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, Rosenberg, Flanagan, and Genn

  Entitled

  Children in Need of Assistance - Drug-Addicted Babies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1287

  Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McHale

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Scope of Practice

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1323

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 540

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen, Redmer, Klausmeier, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Physician Assistants - Medication Orders

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1403

  Status as of April 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Professional Counselors - Scope of Practice

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1443

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Fulton

  Entitled

  Job-Related Alcohol and Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing - Preliminary Screenings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1447

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration)

  Entitled

  Elimination and Consolidation of Certain Boards and Commissions and Agency Reporting Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1468

  Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Workman

  Entitled

  State Personnel - Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HJ 26

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Menes and Montague (Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Drug Treatment and Employment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 16

  Status as of January 20, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Trotter

  Entitled

  Drug Dealer Liability Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 32

  Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Colburn, Baker, Stoltzfus, Collins, Dorman, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, Jimeno, Middlebrooks, Stone, and Hogan

  Entitled

  First Degree Murder - Death Penalty - Controlled Dangerous Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 41

  Status as of March 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Trotter

  Entitled

  Drug Dealer Liability Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 95

  Status as of March 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Nurse Practice Act - Dispensing of Drugs or Devices by Health Department Nurses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 157

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Miller, Hoffman, Ruben, Roesser, Forehand, Van Hollen, Frosh, Green, Trotter, Bromwell, Hollinger, Sfikas, Stone, Jimeno, Pinsky, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Lawlah, Conway, Colburn, Hughes, Middlebrooks, and Young

  Entitled

  Domestic Abuse - Duties of Law Enforcement Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 407

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 173

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 429

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Benefits for Mental Illness - Referral for Consultation or Specialty Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 436

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Issuance of Permits - Dialysis Drugs and Devices

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 449

  Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Job-Related Alcohol and Controlled Dangerous Substances Testing - Preliminary Screenings

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 451

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 177

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, McFadden, Blount, Kelley, Young, Conway, and Hoffman

  Entitled

  Needle Exchange Program - Repeal of Sunset

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 499

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 593

  Sponsored By

  Senators Madden, Astle, Della, Roesser, Dorman, Currie, Bromwell, Derr, Hafer, Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Young

  Entitled

  Welfare Innovation Act of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 503

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 594

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle, Hafer, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Job-Related Drug Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 512

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 367

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hoffman

  Entitled

  Children in Need of Assistance - Drug-Addicted Babies

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 522

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Alcohol and Drug Counselors - Certification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 529

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Physicians - Intractable Pain - Prescribing or Administering Controlled Dangerous Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 579

  Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Derr

  Entitled

  Licensed Physical Therapists and Licensed Physical Therapist Assistants - Licensed Chiropractors with Physical Therapy Privileges - Scope of Practice - Topical Pharmaceutical Agents

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 652

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 614

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Scope of Practice

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 657

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 193

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Hoffman, Ruben, Lawlah, Kelley, Hollinger, Conway, Roesser, Della, Stone, and Madden

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - U.S.S. Sanctuary

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 668

  Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser, Derr, Middleton, Hogan, Hafer, Astle, Forehand, Madden, Bromwell, Lawlah, and McCabe

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Use of Controlled Dangerous Substances or Alcohol

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 725

  Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Commercial Fishing - Apprenticeship

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 736

  Status as of April 6, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Craig, Middleton, Dorman, Collins, Conway, Dyson, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Professional Counselors-Clinical and Professional Counselors-Marriage and Family Therapist-Clinical - Licensure and Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 899

  Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 5

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration)

  Entitled

  Elimination and Consolidation of Certain Boards and Commissions and Agency Reporting Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 914

  Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, McFadden, Sfikas, Kelley, Young, Hughes, Blount, Della, and Hoffman

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Task Force to Examine the Disposition of Firearms and Illegal Drugs Confiscated in Baltimore City

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings