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)