FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 57

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  HB 7

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 551

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Shriver, Hurson, Busch, Dewberry, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Bobo, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Goldwater, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Mitchell, Moe, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosso, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Weir, Zirkin, and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 57

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  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

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  HB 332

  Status as of February 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boutin, Glassman, Parrott, and Riley

  Entitled

  Ethics Law - Secondary Employment of Social Services Employees as Visitation Facilitators

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  HB 697

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Vallario, Dembrow, and K. Kelly

  Entitled

  Courts - Parent-Child Immunity - Motor Vehicle Torts - Abrogation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  HB 901

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kopp, Barve, Barkley, Bronrott, Brown, Goldwater, Heller, Hubbard, Mandel, Menes, and Stern

  Entitled

  Child Abuse and Neglect Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2000

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 903

  Status as of February 16, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McIntosh, Pitkin, Kopp, Kagan, Marriott, Hecht, Flanagan, Montague, Hurson, Cadden, and Doory

  Entitled

  Department of Human Resources - Reducing Caseloads in Foster Care and Protective Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  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
  

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  HB 937

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  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

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  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
  

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  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

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  HB 982

  Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dobson, Marriott, Paige, Benson, Frush, and Swain

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Support of Children by Noncustodial Parents

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 983

  Status as of March 22, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dobson, Montague, Fulton, Doory, Kirk, Paige, Phillips, Turner, V. Jones, and Oaks

  Entitled

  Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility for Benefits - Birth or Adoption of Child

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  HB 1164

  Status as of March 21, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Hubbard, Frush, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  In Vitro Services - Embryos and Gametes - Consent and Disposition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  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
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  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
  

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  SB 167

  Status as of March 2, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility for Benefits - Birth or Adoption of Child

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 219

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Harris, Hollinger, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Intestate Succession - Failure to Support Child

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  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
  

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  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

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  SB 267

  Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins

  Entitled

  Ethics Law - Secondary Employment of Social Services Employees as Visitation Facilitators

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  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
  

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  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

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  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
  

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  SB 442

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Support of Children by Noncustodial Parents

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 495

  Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hoffman

  Entitled

  Child Abuse and Neglect Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2000

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  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

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  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

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  SB 559

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Stone, Forehand, Colburn, Ferguson, Baker, Mooney, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Domestic Abuse Murder

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  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

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  SB 671

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 550

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Hoffman, Lawlah, Currie, Middleton, Neall, Kasemeyer, McFadden, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Integration of Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 728

  Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, McFadden, Hoffman, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Kelley, Mitchell, and Currie

  Entitled

  Department of Human Resources - Reducing Caseloads in Child Welfare Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 758

  Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hooper, Haines, Jacobs, Dyson, Stone, and Harris

  Entitled

  Abortion - Minors - Parental Notification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings