1999 Regular Session
TELECOMMUNICATIONS -see also- TELEPHONES
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 39
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Owings (By Request)
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Unsolicited Electronic Mail Advertisements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Public Safety Data Systems - Interagency Communication
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin, Morhaim, Finifter, Giannetti, Phillips, and Montague
- Entitled
- Public Libraries - Technology Centers - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- 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
- Delegate Barve
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Unsolicited Electronic Mail Advertisements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Vital Records - Access and Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Glassman, James, Boutin, Parrott, and Riley
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study a Statewide 800 Megahertz Communications System
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Hixson, Barve, Bronrott, Franchot, Klima, Mandel, and Stern
- Entitled
- Information Technology Board - Membership and Duties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Franchot, Hixson, Heller, Cryor, and Barve
- Entitled
- Commerce - Electronic Mail Falsification - Prohibition of Unsolicited Bulk Mail
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barve
- Entitled
- Corporations - Electronic Transmissions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 790
Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Getty
- Entitled
- Public Information - Access to Electronic Public Records
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dembrow
- Entitled
- District Court - Pilot Project for Testimony by Electronic Means
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Dypski, Glassman, Goldwater, Kittleman, Kopp, Paige, Parrott, Riley, Rudolph, Shank, Snodgrass, Swain, and Weir
- Entitled
- Division of State Documents - Public On-Line Access
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pitkin, D'Amato, Franchot, Hecht, Hubers, A. Jones, Kagan, Kopp, McIntosh, Palumbo, Rawlings, Rosenberg, and Turner
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Telecommuting Pilot Program - Purchase of Home Office Equipment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pitkin, Conway, D'Amato, Franchot, Hecht, Hubers, A. Jones, Kagan, Kopp, McIntosh, Rawlings, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- State Employees - Telecommuting Pilot Program - Home Office Equipment Purchase Assistance Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pitkin, Conway, D'Amato, Franchot, Hecht, Hubers, A. Jones, Kagan, Kopp, McIntosh, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- State Employees - Income Tax Subtraction Modification for Purchase of Home Office Equipment for Teleworking
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pitkin, Cadden, Conway, D'Amato, Franchot, Hecht, Hubers, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Klima, Kopp, McIntosh, Palumbo, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Stocksdale, and Turner
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Teleworking Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo, Frush, Hubbard, and Stern
- Entitled
- Telephones - Changes in Telecommunications Service
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Franchot, Hixson, and Heller
- Entitled
- Campaign Finance Reports - Use of Electronic Medium for Submission
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Franchot, Hixson, and Heller
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Takoma Park
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Kopp, Rawlings, Conway, Edwards, and Shriver
- Entitled
- Higher Education - University System of Maryland - Coordination, Governance, and Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Hurson, and C. Davis
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Machinery or Equipment - Telecommunications Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Hurson, and C. Davis
- Entitled
- Prepaid Telephone Calling Arrangements - Taxation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates C. Davis and Finifter
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Exemption for Digital Telecommunications Machinery and Equipment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HJ 18
Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hixson
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Use of Public Rights-of-Way by Telecommunications Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Transportation)
- Entitled
- Commercial Vehicles - Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Network Transponders
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - State Police, Dept. of)
- Entitled
- Department of State Police - Communication Systems - Responsibility
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Ferguson and Mooney (Frederick County Senators)
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Criminal Justice Technology Enhancement Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Miller and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Telephones - Changes in Telecommunications Service
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Miller
- Entitled
- Board of Physician Quality Assurance - Physician Profiles - Disclosure to the Public
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Della
- Entitled
- Vital Records - Access and Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
SB 492
Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs and Hooper
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study a Statewide 800 Megahertz Communications System
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Hoffman, Lawlah, Middleton, Neall, Ruben, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, McFadden, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen
- Entitled
- Higher Education - University System of Maryland - Coordination, Governance, and Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Ruben
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Takoma Park
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SJ 10
Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lawlah
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Use of Public Rights-of-Way
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Commerce and Government Matters
