1999 Regular Session
Delegate James F. Ports, Jr.
District 8
Status of Legislation
Total Number of Bills: 45
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ports, Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Hutchins, Kach, J. Kelly, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, McKee, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ports, Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Hutchins, Kach, J. Kelly, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, McKee, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Income Tax Reduction
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Heller, Barkley, Bobo, Busch, Cadden, Clagett, Cryor, Franchot, Hecht, Hixson, McIntosh, Petzold, Pitkin, Riley, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Turner, Wood, D'Amato, Bartlett, Bozman, Carlson, Conroy, Finifter, Healey, Howard, Linton, McKee, Patterson, Rzepkowski, Rosso, C. Davis, Hurson, Zirkin, Dewberry, Kopp, Morhaim, R. Baker, Marriott, Barve, Minnick, Montague, Doory, Malone, Benson, DeCarlo, Ports, Menes, Hubbard, O'Donnell, Stull, Grosfeld, Nathan-Pulliam, Cane, Kach, Klausmeier, Moe, Bronrott, Mohorovic, Giannetti, Valderrama, Paige, Swain, Frush, McHale, Phillips, A. Jones, Dypski, Mandel, Griffith, Stocksdale, Kirk, Hubers, Oaks, Patterson, Goldwater, La Vay, Hammen, Pendergrass, Boschert, Sher, Brown, Amedori, Hill, Kagan, and Dembrow
- Entitled
- Maryland Learning Success Program - Public School Class Size Reduction Assistance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates James, Riley, Rudolph, Amedori, Arnick, R. Baker, W. Baker, Benson, Bozman, Cane, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Dobson, Eckardt, Franchot, Fulton, Getty, Guns, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Hubbard, Hutchins, Kagan, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Kopp, Malone, McHale, Moe, O'Donnell, Owings, Pitkin, Ports, Proctor, Slade, Snodgrass, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
- Entitled
- Crimes - Stalking - Increased Penalty
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Doory , Dembrow, Montague, Arnick, Pitkin, Snodgrass, Klausmeier, Ports, and Redmer
- Entitled
- Damages for Injury to or Death of Pet
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Taylor, Bartlett, Bronrott, Burns, Conroy, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Donoghue, Dypski, Fulton, Giannetti, Goldwater, Heller, Howard, Hurson, A. Jones, J. Kelly, K. Kelly, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, Linton, Love, Menes, Mitchell, Mohorovic, Montague, D. Murphy, Palumbo, Pendergrass, Petzold, Ports, Rawlings, Riley, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Shank, Slade, Swain, Patterson, Nathan-Pulliam, Redmer, Baldwin, and Brinkley
- Entitled
- Inheritance Tax - Tax Rate - Siblings, Nieces, and Nephews of Decedent
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Healey, Taylor, Wood, Owings, Fulton, Minnick, Pitkin, Heller, Barve, DeCarlo, Leopold, Shriver, Marriott, C. Davis, Hammen, Mohorovic, James, Glassman, Brown, Riley, Sher, Dewberry, Donoghue, Shank, Cadden, Ports, Moe, Frush, O'Donnell, Hurson, Hixson, Bozman, and Giannetti
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Certain Wholesome Foods
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kopp, Hixson, Guns, Rawlings, Bobo, Brown, Bronrott, Cadden, Carlson, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Glassman, Goldwater, Healey, Heller, Hubbard, Hubers, Kagan, Klima, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Montague, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Ports, Proctor, Shriver, Slade, Taylor, and Turner
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Maryland Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cryor, Boutin, Bozman, Burns, Conway, Dembrow, Eckardt, Glassman, Goldwater, Greenip, Healey, Howard, Klausmeier, La Vay, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McKee, Mohorovic, Morhaim, Pitkin, Ports, Redmer, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Shank, Snodgrass, Stern, Stocksdale, Valderrama, Bartlett, Carlson, Conroy, C. Davis, Finifter, Patterson, Shriver, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Weeks
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, W. Baker, Boschert, Bobo, Boutin, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Finifter, Franchot, Grosfeld, Hammen, Hubbard, Kirk, Leopold, Love, Marriott, Menes, Mohorovic, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Parrott, Pendergrass, Ports, Proctor, Riley, Rosso, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, and Weir
- Entitled
- Education - Instructional Materials in Nonvisually Accessible Media
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Healey, C. Davis, Linton, Hurson, Hixson, Shriver, Rzepkowski, Patterson, Cryor, Greenip, Ports, Phillips, Rudolph, Bozman, Conroy, Rosso, Bartlett, and McKee
- Entitled
- Income Tax Subtraction for Computer Equipment Donated to Private , Parochial , and Public Schools
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Finifter, Zirkin, Morhaim, Bartlett, Phillips, Linton, Carlson, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Greenip, Healey, Howard, Hurson, Marriott, McKee, Patterson, Ports, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Mandel, Taylor, Bronrott, Burns, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Donoghue, Dypski, Fulton, Giannetti, Goldwater, Heller, A. Jones, J. Kelly, K. Kelly, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Leopold, Love, Menes, Mitchell, Mohorovic, Montague, D. Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Palumbo, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Shank, Slade, Swain, Baldwin, Brinkley, Benson, Branch, Hill, Kach, Oaks, Snodgrass, Stull, Valderrama, Walkup, Wood, Boutin, Glassman, Klausmeier, Stocksdale, Elliott, Eckardt, O'Donnell, Parrott, Hubbard, James, and Pitkin
- Entitled
- Inheritance Tax Rate
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Weir , Schisler, Klausmeier, Ports, Redmer, and Elliott
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Hunting - Deer
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Weir, Ports, Klausmeier, Boutin, Baldwin, and Stern
- Entitled
- Ambient Air Monitoring Data - Public Access
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Ports, Weir, Klausmeier, Boutin, Nathan-Pulliam, and Morhaim
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Senior Consolidated Hunting License - Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bozman, C. Davis, McKee, Hurson, Phillips, Rudolph, Marriott, Bartlett, Ports, Patterson, Conway, and McClenahan
- Entitled
- Recordation Tax and State Transfer Tax - Transfers From Class I Railroad Carrier to Wholly-Owned Limited Liability Company
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bozman, Healey, Cryor, Hixson, Carlson, McKee, Bartlett, Shriver, Rudolph, Linton, Hurson, Conroy, Rzepkowski, Rosso, Ports, Patterson, Conway, Greenip, and McClenahan
- Entitled
- Property Tax - Credit for Conservation Lands
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Klausmeier, Minnick, Redmer, and Ports (Baltimore County Administration)
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - The Maryland School for the Blind
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rawlings, Burns, C. Davis, Dembrow, Dobson, Dypski, Fulton, Gordon, Greenip, Grosfeld, Hammen, Kirk, Krysiak, Marriott, Montague, Paige, Ports, Valderrama, Rosenberg, A. Jones, Nathan-Pulliam, Turner, Branch, Brown, Pitkin, Proctor, Slade, Edwards, and Klima
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - National Research and Training Institute for the Blind
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Klausmeier, Minnick, Finifter, K. Kelly, Ports, Hammen, DeCarlo, and Redmer
- Entitled
- Maryland Income Tax - Military Retirement Income
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stocksdale, Amedori, Brinkley, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Elliott, Fulton, Getty, Glassman, Hill, Leopold, Minnick, Mohorovic, Ports, and O'Donnell
- Entitled
- Take Credit for Learning - Income Tax Credit and Subtraction Modification for Education Expenses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Klausmeier, Weir, Ports, and Redmer
- Entitled
- Continuing Care Communities - Certificate of Need Exemption - Direct Admission
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Stull, Weir, Frush, Petzold, Owings, Dewberry, Mitchell, D. Davis, Malone, Dembrow, Fulton, and Hubbard
- Entitled
- Patient Prescription Access - Limited Physician Delegation to Physician Assistants
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Leopold, Clagett, Busch, Love, Redmer, Boschert, Rosso, Owings, Sophocleus, D'Amato, Ports, Baldwin, Rzepkowski, Greenip, Amedori, Hubers, Stocksdale, R. Baker, Patterson, Mohorovic, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Education - Aging School Maintenance and Repair Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates J. Kelly, Boutin, Brinkley, Brown, Burns, Cryor, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Eckardt, La Vay, Ports, Shank, and Kirk
- Entitled
- Crime of Violence - Solicitation to Commit Murder
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Hammen, DeCarlo, and Minnick
- Entitled
- Theft - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Hammen, DeCarlo, and Minnick
- Entitled
- District Court - Criminal Appeals - On the Record Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates J. Kelly, Boutin, Burns, Elliott, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Dypski, Eckardt, Kach, Leopold, Menes, Ports, Shank, Sophocleus, Stern, and Cadden
- Entitled
- Crimes - Presence of a Child - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Stocksdale, Finifter, Leopold, Rzepkowski, Elliott, Cryor, Eckardt, O'Donnell, Parrott, Hubbard, Glassman, Boutin, Dypski, Pitkin, and James
- Entitled
- Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Weir, Guns, DeCarlo, Ports, Hubers, Dewberry, McHale, Rosso, Bobo, Klausmeier, Redmer, Cadden, Minnick, and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Fish - Permits and Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Amedori, O'Donnell, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Brinkley, Cryor, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Guns, Kach, K. Kelly, Klausmeier, Klima, Leopold, Linton, McKee, Mitchell, Owings, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, and Wood
- Entitled
- Self-Defense Act of 1999
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, Stocksdale, Finifter, Rzepkowski, Elliott, Cryor, Eckardt, O'Donnell, Parrott, Hubbard, Glassman, Boutin, Dypski, Pitkin, and James
- Entitled
- Inheritance Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Klausmeier, C. Davis, Redmer, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Klima, Ports, DeCarlo, Finifter, Hammen, Kach, Morhaim, Dewberry, Barve, and Boutin
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Property Used in a Production Activity
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Mitchell, Love, McClenahan, Eckardt, Minnick, Glassman, Ports, and Morhaim
- Entitled
- Health Benefit Plans - Small Employers - Rates
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates O'Donnell, Kach, La Vay, Klima, Redmer, McKee, Rzepkowski, Greenip, J. Kelly, DeCarlo, Ports, Stocksdale, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - State Income Tax Credit for Emissions Related Repairs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin, Dewberry, Hurson, Kopp, Morhaim, Finifter, R. Baker, Marriott, Barve, Minnick, Montague, Barkley, Doory, Hecht, Malone, Benson, DeCarlo, Ports, Menes, Hubbard, Rzepkowski, O'Donnell, Stull, Grosfeld, Nathan-Pulliam, Cane, Kach, Klausmeier, Moe, Bronrott, Mohorovic, Giannetti, Turner, Carlson, Valderrama, Rosenberg, Paige, Swain, Frush, D'Amato, McHale, Phillips, A. Jones, Rosso, Riley, Dypski, Mandel, Griffith, Stocksdale, Kirk, Hubers, Pitkin, Oaks, Patterson, Goldwater, Petzold, La Vay, Hammen, Pendergrass, Boschert, Sher, Brown, Bartlett, Amedori, Hill, Kagan, and Dembrow
- Entitled
- Education - Class Size Reduction Program - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Patterson, Baldwin, Bartlett, Benson, Branch, C. Davis, Donoghue, Finifter, Fulton, Greenip, Hill, Kach, La Vay, Linton, Love, Marriott, McKee, Mitchell, Oaks, Ports, Phillips, Rosso, Rzepkowski, Shank, Snodgrass, Stull, Valderrama, Walkup, Wood, and J. Kelly
- Entitled
- Inheritance Tax - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 1072
Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Greenip, Fulton, Boschert, McKee, Elliott, Shank, Bartlett, Brinkley, Snodgrass, La Vay, Ports, Flanagan, and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Election Laws - Employee Organization Representation and Service Fees - Use for Political Purposes
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Klausmeier, Ports, and Redmer
- Entitled
- Courts - Damages for Tortious Injuries to Pets
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Ports, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Police Department - Purchase of Cars
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Redmer, Ports, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Crimes - Death of a Child - Gross Negligence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Klausmeier, Ports, Redmer, and Kach
- Entitled
- Student Teachers and Interns - Criminal Background Disclosure Form
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg and Marriott (Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates McIntosh, Krysiak, Phillips, Doory, Harrison, Branch, Oaks, Dypski, Dobson, Hammen, Rawlings, Kirk, V. Jones, Fulton, McHale, Montague, Paige, Cole, Nathan-Pulliam, A. Jones, Redmer, Ports, Klausmeier, and Burns
- Entitled
- Baltimore City - Condemnation - Immediate Possession and Title
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Flanagan, Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Hutchins, Kach, J. Kelly, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, McKee, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Ports, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, and Walkup
- Entitled
- General Assembly - Determinations of Spending Affordability
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ports, Amedori, Baldwin, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Flanagan, Getty, Glassman, Greenip, Hutchins, Kach, J. Kelly, Kittleman, Klima, La Vay, Leopold, McClenahan, McKee, Murphy, O'Donnell, Parrott, Redmer, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Education - Public School Holidays - Presidents' Day
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Senate Rules
