CHAPTER NUMBER: 130
File Code: Ethics
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 1
- Sponsored By:
-
The Speaker and Delegates Hurson, Kittleman, and Montague
(Special Study Commission on the Maryland Public Ethics Law) and
Delegates Arnick, Busch, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson,
Howard, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario,
Wood, McIntosh, Benson, Bobo,
Brinkley, Bronrott, Clagett, DeCarlo, Dobson, Dypski, Glassman, Malone,
Mandel, Paige, Parrott, Riley, Shank, Snodgrass, Sophocleus,
Swain, and Carlson
- Entitled:
-
Ethics Law - Reform of Legislative Ethics Process
Altering provisions of the Public Ethics Law that apply to members of
the General Assembly and, under specified circumstances, to other
State officials and employees; altering provisions relating to
conflict of interest, disclosure, employment, and the acceptance of
gifts; providing for the appointment of a Counsel to the Joint
Committee on Legislative Ethics; altering procedures for investigating
the ethical conduct of members; requiring members to file a
preliminary financial disclosure under specified circumstances; etc.
House Action
- 08/4
- Pre-filed
- 1/13
- First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- 1/20
- Hearing 2/2 at 6:30 p.m.
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters
- 3/9
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Delegate Dembrow) Adopted
- 3/10
- Special Order 3/11 (Delegate Arnick) Adopted
- 3/11
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment (#1-9) Adopted
- Committee Amendment (#10) Adopted (91-39)
- Committee Amendment (#11-15) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Committee Amendment
- Committee Amendment (#1-4) Adopted
- Committee Amendment (#5) Adopted (93-33)
- Committee Amendment (#6) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Hubbard)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Hubbard) Rejected (51-84)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Kagan) Rejected
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Hubbard) Rejected (37-91)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Patterson) Rejected (43-87)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Getty) Rejected (23-102)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Mohorovic) Rejected
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/16
- Special Order 3/18 (Delegate Hubbard) Adopted
- 3/18
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Brinkley) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (109-25)
- 3/27
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Arnick, Kittleman, and Taylor
- 4/6
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (112-10)
- 4/9
- Passed Enrolled
- 4/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 130
Senate Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-2)
- 3/29
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Collins, Blount, and Miller
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- 4/9
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (44-3)
- Sponsored by:
- Speaker of the House of Delegates
- Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
- Delegate Paul Carlson, District 39
- Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
- Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
- Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
- Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
- Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
- Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
- Ethics Law, Special Study Comm. on the MD Public
- Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
- Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Robert H. Kittleman, District 14B
- Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
- Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
- Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
- Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
- Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
- Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
- Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CAMPAIGN FINANCING
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- COMPUTERS
- DISCLOSURE
- ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
- ETHICS
- FOOD -see also- KOSHER PROD.; MILK PROD.; MEAT, POUL, SEAFD.
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- AELR CMTE; LEGISLATIVE POLICY
- GIFTS
- HEARINGS
- INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- TREASURERS
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SOLICITATION
- STATE EMPLOYEES -see also- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
- WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- LEAVE; O.T.; SALARIES.
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- State Government
- (
2-107 ,
2-108 ,
2-703 ,
2-707 ,
2-709 ,
15-102 ,
15-102 ,
15-504 ,
15-505 ,
15-506 ,
15-511 ,
15-512 ,
15-513 ,
15-514 ,
15-514 ,
15-515 ,
15-515 ,
15-516 ,
15-516 ,
15-517 ,
15-518 ,
15-519 ,
15-519 ,
15-520 ,
15-520 ,
15-521 ,
15-521 ,
15-522 ,
15-602 ,
15-606 ,
15-607 ,
15-704 ,
15-704
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 036673/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
10:15 a.m. Status: Incomplete
- Number: 133219/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
11:42 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 263017/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
11:45 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 393514/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
11:18 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 433018/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
12:10 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 453316/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
12:17 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 646471/2 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
10:35 a.m. Status: Incomplete
- Number: 673312/4 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
11:50 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 983215/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 11, 1999 at:
12:02 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Senate
- Number: 374727/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1999 at:
11:33 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 503416/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 1999 at:
9:04 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 503416/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 1999 at:
6:58 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 053617/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 1999 at:
6:58 p.m. Status: Incomplete
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 11, 1999: Committee Amendment (#10) Adopted (91-39)
- March 11, 1999: Committee Amendment (#5) Adopted (93-33)
- March 11, 1999: Floor Amendment (Hubbard) Rejected (51-84)
- March 11, 1999: Floor Amendment (Hubbard) {263017/1 Rejected (37-91)
- March 11, 1999: Floor Amendment (Patterson) {983215/1 Rejected (43-87)
- March 11, 1999: Floor Amendment (Getty) {433018/1 Rejected (23-102)
- March 18, 1999: Third Reading Passed (109-25)
- April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (112-10)
- Senate
- March 26, 1999: Third Reading Passed (43-2)
- April 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed (44-3)