2001 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 252

File Code: Family Law Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 32
Sponsored By:
Delegates Grosfeld, R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Billings, Bronrott, Carlson, Cole, Cryor, D. Davis, Dembrow, Franchot, Giannetti, Goldwater, Gordon, Hecht, Hixson, Hurson, Kagan, Kopp, Mandel, Menes, Phillips, Sher, Turner, Amedori, Baldwin, W. Baker, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Brinkley, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, DeCarlo, Dobson, Elliott, Frush, Glassman, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Parrott, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Rudolph, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Valderrama, Walkup, and Weir
Entitled:
Maryland Safe Haven Act of 2001

Synopsis:

Establishing exemptions from prosecution for persons who abandon an unharmed newborn with specified persons within 3 days of the birth of the newborn and the person does not express an intent to return for the newborn; requiring the approval of the mother of the newborn to abandon a newborn under specified circumstances; establishing immunity for a hospital, law enforcement, social services, or fire and rescue employee who accepts or treats the newborn; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/24
First Reading Judiciary
1/31
Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
3/12
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/13
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/14 (Delegate Malone) Adopted
3/14
Floor Amendment (Delegate Malone)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Cole) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Malone) Rejected (49-81)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/16
Third Reading Passed (115-19)
Senate Action
3/20
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/28
Hearing 4/4 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored by:
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
Delegate Robert C. Baldwin, District 33
Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Nancy M. Hubers, District 6
Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADOPTION
APPROPRIATIONS
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
EMERGENCIES
FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
FIRE PROTECTION
HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF
LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
PUBLIC INFORMATION
RESCUE SQUADS -see also- AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERV.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 3-831 , 5-621.1 )
Family Law
( 10-219 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 703823/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 14, 2001   at: 11:09 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 782613/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 13, 2001   at: 11:34 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 14, 2001: Floor Amendment (Malone) Rejected (49-81)
March 16, 2001: Third Reading Passed (115-19)