2000 Regular Session

Family Law (D4)

Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 61

HB 48
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Getty
Entitled
Domestic Violence - Attorney's Fees
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 57
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor
Sponsored By
Delegates Leopold, Clagett, Busch, Greenip, Love, Rosso, Baldwin, D'Amato, Sophocleus, Rzepkowski, and Owings
Entitled
Anne Arundel County - Marriage License Fee - Premarriage Education
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 61
Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Leopold, Kopp, Cadden, Valderrama, Greenip, Love, and Rosso
Entitled
Family Law - Adoption and Guardianship - Revocation of Consent
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 87
Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Grosfeld
Entitled
Family Law - Alimony - Grounds for Divorce
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 179
Status as of March 3, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegates Menes and Grosfeld
Entitled
Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - First Degree Murder
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 185
Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Branch
Entitled
Child Support - Modification of Award
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 194
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague, Klausmeier, and O'Donnell
Entitled
Foster Parents' Bill of Rights of 2000
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 222
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 113
Sponsored By
Howard County Delegation
Entitled
State Personnel - Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel Ho. Co. 6-00
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
HB 295
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Turner, Grosfeld, Barkley, Dembrow, D'Amato, Pendergrass, Montague, Love, Bobo, Giannetti, Cole, Zirkin, Healey, Gladden, Valderrama, Menes, Proctor, Conroy, Frush, Cane, Phillips, Paige, Hubers, Marriott, Howard, Pitkin, Benson, V. Jones, Dobson, Petzold, Shriver, and James
Entitled
Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Disclosure of Identity of Deceased
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 312
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Carlson, Morhaim, Hurson, Hecht, Boschert, Cryor, Giannetti, Barkley, Zirkin, Bronrott, Stern, Gladden, Griffith, Grosfeld, Bobo, Goldwater, Phillips, Kagan, Petzold, Mandel, Turner, Menes, and Shriver
Entitled
Family Law - Child Support - Secondary Education
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 371
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Harford County Delegation
Entitled
Domestic Violence - Ex Parte Orders - Denial of Bail
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 396
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 121
Sponsored By
Delegates Grosfeld, Bobo, Carlson, Menes, Shriver, and Turner
Entitled
Family Law - Child Support Guidelines
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 437
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague and Vallario
Entitled
Family Law - Petitions for Adoption or Guardianship - Notice to Parents
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 459
Status as of April 5, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegates Heller and Barve
Entitled
Family Law - Prohibited Marriages - First Cousins
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 461
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Turner, Grosfeld, Pendergrass, V. Jones, Hubers, D'Amato, Dembrow, Cole, Gladden, Montague, Giannetti, James, Zirkin, Proctor, Valderrama, Barkley, Hecht, Branch, Dewberry, Bronrott, Shriver, Heller, Frush, Gordon, Mandel, Healey, Howard, Moe, Swain, Pitkin, Patterson, Paige, Krysiak, Phillips, Marriott, R. Baker, Klausmeier, Cane, Burns, Benson, and Petzold
Entitled
Family Law - Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Siblings
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 511
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Montague
Entitled
Family Law - Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings - Public Defender Representation
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 512
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Montague (Commission on Uniform State Laws)
Entitled
Maryland Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 522
Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Montague
Entitled
Family Law - Joint Legal Custody
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 595
Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Doory, R. Baker, Menes, Marriott, Burns, Kirk, Cole, Dobson, Grosfeld, Montague, Petzold, Barkley, Harrison, Howard, Rawlings, Cadden, Valderrama, Morhaim, Stern, Pitkin, Bobo, Cryor, Krysiak, Griffith, Frush, Zirkin, Hurson, Gladden, V. Jones, Hecht, Hammen, Carlson, Nathan-Pulliam, Hixson, Love, Hutchins, Benson, Healey, and Mandel
Entitled
Domestic Violence - Temporary Ex Parte Order - Additional Relief
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 596
Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Harford County Delegation
Entitled
Family Law - Child Abduction - Restitution
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 606
Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Doory, R. Baker, Menes, Marriott, Burns, Kirk, Cole, Dobson, Grosfeld, Montague, Petzold, Harrison, Howard, Rawlings, Valderrama, Morhaim, DeCarlo, Stern, Pitkin, Bobo, Krysiak, Griffith, Frush, Zirkin, Hurson, Hecht, Hammen, Carlson, Nathan-Pulliam, Hixson, Love, Hutchins, Benson, Mandel, Healey, and V. Jones
Entitled
Domestic Violence - Protective Order - Surrender of Firearms
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 678
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Shriver, Franchot, and Hixson
Entitled
Family Law - Child Support Arrearage - Distraint, Seizure, and Sale of Obligor's Vehicle
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 679
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Shriver and Grosfeld
Entitled
Child Support Guidelines - Determination of Child Support Obligation - Tutoring and Gifted and Talented Programs
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 772
Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegates O'Donnell, Montague, and Owings
Entitled
Calvert County Child Visitation and Exchange Monitoring Pilot Program
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 780
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Giannetti
Entitled
Family Law - Domestic Violence Orders - Evidence in Divorce Proceedings
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 849
Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By
Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference - Foster Care Court Improvement Implementation Committee)
Entitled
Juvenile Causes
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 870
Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Menes, Montague, and Grosfeld
Entitled
Labor and Employment - New Hires Directory - Independent Contractors
Committee
Assignments
House: Economic Matters
HB 876
Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Gladden and Montague
Entitled
Family Law - Paternity Proceedings - Legitimacy Presumption
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 919
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Grosfeld
Entitled
Protection of Marriages
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 937
Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor
Sponsored By
Delegate Montague
Entitled
Criminal History Records Check - Parent or Guardian of Child in Out-of-Home Placement
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 955
Status as of February 11, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Owings, O'Donnell, and Montague
Entitled
Family Law - Reimbursement for Kinship Care
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 976
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 442
Sponsored By
Delegate Mitchell
Entitled
Child Support Orders - Decedent Father's Estate - Repeal
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1099
Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Rosenberg, Montague, Zirkin, Cole, Doory, Stern, Petzold, Giannetti, Sher, Gladden, Taylor, Hecht, Kopp, and Vallario
Entitled
Divorce and Annulment - Removal of Religious Barriers to Remarriage
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1163
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague, Gladden, Griffith, Grosfeld, Menes, Cole, Barkley, and Giannetti
Entitled
Family Law - Child and Spousal Support - Earnings Withholding
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1195
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 172
Sponsored By
Delegate Edwards
Entitled
Garrett County - Marriage License Fee
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1381
Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Hecht
Entitled
Criminal Background Investigations - Care and Supervision of Children - Substitute Employee Pools
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1398
Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague, O'Donnell, Amedori, and Dobson
Entitled
Best Interests for Children Act of 2000
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1403
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 197
Sponsored By
Delegate Turner
Entitled
Family Law - Access to Birth and Adoption Records - Disclosure Veto
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1422
Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague and Doory
Entitled
Family Law - Petition for Guardianship - Clarifying the Rights of a Child
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
SB 16
Status as of February 15, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Baker
Entitled
Child Support - Paternity Proceedings
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 38
Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 23
Sponsored By
Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Human Resources)
Entitled
Child Support Enforcement - Conciliation Conferences
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 123
Status as of February 15, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Family Law - Support Enforcement - Application Fee
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 143
Status as of February 15, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Teitelbaum, Jimeno, Collins, Stone, Dorman, Mitchell, Pinsky, Lawlah, and Currie
Entitled
Family Law - Issuance of Marriage Licenses - Location of Marriage
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 144
Status as of January 26, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Della, Roesser, Hollinger, Ruben, Forehand, Lawlah, Stone, Collins, Jimeno, Pinsky, McFadden, Sfikas, Blount, Mitchell, Hoffman, Colburn, Hughes, Ferguson, Mooney, Van Hollen, DeGrange, and Haines
Entitled
Family Law - Denial of Unsupervised Visitation - Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 153
Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben, Forehand, Kelley, Stone, Jimeno, Sfikas, Green, Hughes, Mitchell, and Ferguson
Entitled
Family Law - Child Support
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 176
Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Senators Exum, Conway, Lawlah, Forehand, Baker, Green, Ferguson, Mooney, Colburn, Haines, Mitchell, and Jimeno
Entitled
Family Law - Child Support Awards - Paternity Proceedings
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 224
Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben, Forehand, Hoffman, McFadden, Mitchell, and Hughes
Entitled
Family Law - Domestic Violence - Possession of Firearms
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 229
Status as of April 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By
Senators Roesser, Mitchell, Ferguson, Jimeno, Colburn, Haines, Forehand, Hughes, Green, and McCabe
Entitled
Foster Parents' Bill of Rights of 2000
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 276
Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Senators Jacobs, Hooper, Collins, and Forehand
Entitled
Domestic Violence - Violations of Ex Parte and Protective Orders - Pretrial Release
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 318
Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Family Law - Child Support Arrearage - Distraint, Seizure, and Sale of Obligor's Vehicle
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 346
Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators McCabe and Haines
Entitled
Family Law - Adoption and Guardianship - Revocation of Consent
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 374
Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Senators Hoffman, Baker, Forehand, Hollinger, Mitchell, Haines, Colburn, Frosh, Ruben, and Green
Entitled
Divorce and Annulment - Removal of Religious Barriers to Remarriage
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 426
Status as of February 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Jacobs, Hooper, Collins, Dyson, Jimeno, Hafer, Middleton, Munson, Madden, and Colburn
Entitled
Family Law - Child Abduction - Restitution
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 527
Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 284
Sponsored By
Senator Green
Entitled
Criminal History Records Check - Parent or Guardian of Child in Out-of-Home Placement
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 529
Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By
Senators Forehand and Ruben
Entitled
Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Murder
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 558
Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Jacobs
Entitled
Family Law - Child Support Arrearage - Distraint, Seizure, and Sale of Obligor's Vehicle
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 642
Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By
Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference - Foster Care Court Improvement Implementation Committee)
Entitled
Juvenile Causes
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 675
Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Jacobs, Kelley, Hooper, Colburn, Roesser, Mitchell, Hafer, Harris, Jimeno, and Green
Entitled
Domestic Violence - Protective Order - Surrender of Firearms
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 781
Status as of March 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Forehand, Hughes, Pinsky, Lawlah, Frosh, Sfikas, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Mitchell
Entitled
Domestic Violence - Temporary Ex Parte Order - Additional Relief
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings