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Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 56

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  HB 11

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 54

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)

  Entitled

  Correctional Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 103

  Status as of April 5, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Menes and Dembrow

  Entitled

  Crimes - Drug-Induced Conduct

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 144

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Caroline County Delegation

  Entitled

  Caroline County - Prisoner Training and Rehabilitation Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 205

  Status as of February 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Harford County Delegation

  Entitled

  Harford County - Correctional Facilities - Work Release - Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 232

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 346

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hecht, Arnick, R. Baker, W. Baker, Barkley, Bartlett, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Bozman, Branch, Brinkley, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Busch, Cane, Conroy, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Getty, Giannetti, Griffith, Hixson, Howard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kopp, Leopold, Love, Malone, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Mitchell, Moe, Montague, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Rudolph, Shank, Shriver, Slade, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stern, Stull, Swain, Turner, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Crimes - Unlawful Contact on Prison Employees by Inmates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 304

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 621

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates Amedori, Barkley, Bartlett, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conway, Cryor, DeCarlo, D. Davis, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Glassman, Goldwater, Greenip, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, A. Jones, Kach, Klima, Kopp, La Vay, Linton, Love, Mandel, McHale, McKee, McClenahan, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Mohorovic, Morhaim, O'Donnell, Owings, Palumbo, Parrott, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Sher, Sophocleus, Swain, Turner, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Victims' Rights - Notification and Attendance - Posttrial Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 325

  Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McKee and Shank

  Entitled

  Inmates - Diminution Credits - Revocation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 334

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 332

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Petzold, Bronrott, Franchot, Heller, Hixson, Mandel, Krysiak, Dypski, Mohorovic, Rosenberg, Shriver, Dembrow, Moe, and Boschert

  Entitled

  Fraud - Personal Identifying Information Theft

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 393

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Grosfeld, Finifter, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Domestic Abuse Murder

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 420

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hutchins and Menes

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Enhanced Sentences - Controlled Dangerous Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 463

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 422

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Doory (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments) and Delegates Menes, Eckardt, Guns, W. Baker, Schisler, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Crimes - Escape Revision

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 470

  Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Menes

  Entitled

  Controlled Dangerous Substances - Sentencing - Enhanced Penalties for Subsequent Offenders

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 471

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Menes

  Entitled

  Crimes - Escape - Weekend and Periodic Sentences

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 531

  Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates W. Baker, Guns, Walkup, and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Crimes - Pardons, Commutations, and Other Acts of Clemency - Notification

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 538

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Billings, Fulton, Benson, Montague, Oaks, Cryor, V. Jones, C. Davis, Brown, Kirk, Dobson, Healey, Nathan-Pulliam, Carlson, Menes, Pendergrass, Mandel, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Bronrott, Branch, Bobo, Hurson, Swain, and Shriver

  Entitled

  Study of the Administration of the Death Penalty

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 542

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cryor, Amedori, Boutin, Conroy, Dypski, La Vay, Pitkin, Stocksdale, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Crimes - Vehicular Manslaughter and Homicide by Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 553

  Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, D. Murphy, Hutchins, Amedori, Getty, Boschert, K. Kelly, Slade, and Mitchell

  Entitled

  Sentencing - Death Penalty - Murder in Violation of Protective Order

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 554

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Grosfeld and Vallario

  Entitled

  Circuit Court Masters - Power to Regulate Proceedings - Detainment of Litigant

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 577

  Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mandel, Benson, Bronrott, Clagett, Dobson, Franchot, Hecht, Heller, Kagan, Kopp, Petzold, Rawlings, Rosso, Shriver, and Stern

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Driving While License Suspended or Revoked - Vehicle Impoundment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 600

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 647

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Malone, Benson, Dewberry, Minnick, Moe, Rudolph, DeCarlo, W. Baker, Mandel, Dypski, Klausmeier, Riley, Bobo, Sophocleus, and Clagett

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Administration - Records - Probation Before Judgment Dispositions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 602

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 648

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Vallario and Montague (Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy)

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy - Sentencing and Parole

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 700

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  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
  

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  HB 702

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate J. Kelly

  Entitled

  Crime of Violence - Second Time Conviction - Mandatory Sentence

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 708

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Benson, Cryor, C. Davis, Oaks, Dobson, Swain, and Rawlings

  Entitled

  Parole - Approval of the Governor

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 711

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 448

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Owings, Franchot, Sher, K. Kelly, Benson, Stern, Rzepkowski, Patterson, Giannetti, Valderrama, Elliott, Moe, Menes, Clagett, Stull, and Hixson

  Entitled

  Crimes - Cruelty to Animals - Animals Used by a Law Enforcement Unit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 715

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hecht

  Entitled

  Inmates - Eligibility for Diminution Credits - Child Abuse

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 721

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable 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
  

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  HB 749

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Doory, and Dobson

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Presentence Investigations - Community Impact Statements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 904

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Bozman, McClenahan, W. Baker, Rudolph, and Cane

  Entitled

  Firearms - Mandatory Sentences

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 968

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate J. Kelly

  Entitled

  Crimes and Punishments - Parole Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 974

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate J. Kelly

  Entitled

  Firearms - Disarming a Law Enforcement Officer - Penalty

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1017

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Eckardt, Guns, W. Baker, Schisler, and Walkup (Caroline County Delegation)

  Entitled

  Caroline County - Escape - Weekend and Periodic Sentences

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1063

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate J. Kelly

  Entitled

  Inmates - Eligibility for Leave

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1111

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate C. Davis

  Entitled

  Controlled Dangerous Substances - Use of Minors - Enhanced Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1175

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration)

  Entitled

  Prostitution or Lewdness - Seizure and Forfeiture of Motor Vehicles

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 2

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senator Green

  Entitled

  Weapons - Disarming Law Enforcement or Correctional Personnel - Penalty

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 61

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 315

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)

  Entitled

  Alcohol Abuse and Drug Abuse Treatment - Inmates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 147

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws)

  Entitled

  Victims' Rights - Notification and Attendance - Posttrial Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 173

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Baker and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Postconviction Procedure - Filing of Petition for Relief

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 176

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Munson

  Entitled

  Inmates - Diminution Credits - Revocation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 180

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Crimes - Drug-Induced Conduct

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 244

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 331

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Jimeno, Exum, Kelley, Hooper, Della, Conway, Astle, Dyson, Frosh, Forehand, and Stone

  Entitled

  Fraud - Personal Identifying Information Theft

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 251

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Haines, Jimeno, Forehand, and Colburn

  Entitled

  Domestic Abuse Murder

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 264

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs, Hooper, and Collins

  Entitled

  Harford County - Correctional Facilities - Work Release - Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 312

  Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Baker and Colburn

  Entitled

  Crimes - Pardons, Commutations, and Other Acts of Clemency - Notification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 355

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)

  Entitled

  Crimes - Escape Revision

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 377

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 345

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jimeno

  Entitled

  Crimes - Unlawful Contact on Prison Employees by Inmates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 382

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 348

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jimeno

  Entitled

  Unlawful Taking of Vehicle - Theft Offenses - Preclusion

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 388

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senators McCabe, Forehand, and Kelley (Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy)

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy - Sentencing and Parole

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 479

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Colburn, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Driving While License Suspended or Revoked - Vehicle Impoundment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 540

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Colburn and Baker

  Entitled

  Death Penalty - Aggravating Circumstances - Drug Trafficking

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 544

  Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Colburn and Baker

  Entitled

  Governor - Notice of Commutation, Reprieve, or Pardon

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 611

  Status as of April 7, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Crimes - Controlled Dangerous Substances - Sentencing of Second and Subsequent Offenders

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 704

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Inmates - In Banc Review of Sentences

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 712

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)

  Entitled

  Prostitution or Lewdness - Seizure and Forfeiture of Motor Vehicles

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 745

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen and Harris

  Entitled

  Crimes - Crimes of Violence - Enhanced Penalty

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings