2001 Regular Session

STATE EMPLOYEES

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 60

HB 108
Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy
Sponsored By
Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Ethics, State Commission on)
Entitled
Public Ethics - Executive Unit - Offices of Sheriffs and State's Attorneys
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 277
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 336
Sponsored By
Delegates D'Amato, Busch, Clagett, Rosenberg, and Linton
Entitled
Employees' Pension System - Purchase of Service Credit
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 300
Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Carlson, Cole, Conroy, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Gladden, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hill, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, A. Jones, V. Jones, K. Kelly, Kirk, Kopp, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Paige, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Proctor, Rawlings, Riley, Rosso, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Swain, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, and Zirkin
Entitled
State Personnel - Higher Education - Collective Bargaining
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 336
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 654
Sponsored By
Delegates Turner, McHale, Cane, Glassman, Barve, Boschert, Eckardt, Sophocleus, Nathan-Pulliam, Bartlett, Boutin, Vallario, Owings, Zirkin, Cadden, Schisler, K. Kelly, La Vay, Hubbard, Swain, Getty, Dembrow, Shank, Gladden, Petzold, Paige, Oaks, Guns, Hutchins, Harrison, Healey, Patterson, Palumbo, Kopp, Grosfeld, McKee, Phillips, O'Donnell, Klausmeier, Bohanan, Hecht, V. Jones, D'Amato, Proctor, Pitkin, Dobson, A. Jones, Bobo, Edwards, Moe, Frush, Benson, Kagan, Wood, Hubers, Pendergrass, Dewberry, R. Baker, Mitchell, Hill, Linton, Stocksdale, Hurson, Howard, C. Davis, W. Baker, Sher, Kirk, McClenahan, Hammen, Snodgrass, Montague, Cole, Menes, McIntosh, Shriver, Conroy, Rosso, Rosenberg, Gordon, Minnick, DeCarlo, Ports, Bozman, Redmer, Finifter, Cryor, Dypski, Krysiak, Valderrama, Mandel, Heller, and Busch
Entitled
Higher Education - Tuition Waiver - Faculty and Employees
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 364
Status as of February 27, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates J. Kelly, Amedori, W. Baker, Boutin, Conroy, Dewberry, Getty, Hutchins, Kach, Klima, O'Donnell, Owings, Rzepkowski, Sophocleus, and Stocksdale
Entitled
Maryland Aborted Children Exploitation Prevention Act
Committee
Assignments
House: Environmental Matters
HB 368
Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed
Sponsored By
Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College, and Baltimore City Community College)
Entitled
Optional Retirement Program - Employer Contribution Rate and Mandatory Employee Contributions
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 369
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 216
Sponsored By
Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College, and Baltimore City Community College)
Entitled
Retirement - Optional Retirement Program - Health Insurance Benefits for Retirees and Surviving Spouses and Children
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 401
Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 472
Sponsored By
Delegate Heller
Entitled
Education - In-State Residency Requirement - Waiver
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 426
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 660
Sponsored By
Allegany County Delegation
Entitled
Allegany County - State Personnel - Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
HB 440
Status as of March 24, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubers, Proctor, Kopp, D'Amato, Dewberry, James, A. Jones, Malone, Minnick, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, Stocksdale, Turner, V. Jones, and Weir
Entitled
Optional Retirement Program - Community Colleges - Employer and Employee Contributions
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 474
Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague, Menes, Cole, Doory, Grosfeld, Marriott, Rawlings, Gladden, and Dembrow
Entitled
Department of Juvenile Justice - Juvenile Justice System - Standards
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 537
Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative
Sponsored By
Delegates Hubers, Proctor, Stocksdale, Turner, and D'Amato
Entitled
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Martin State Airport Firefighters
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 623
Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Washington County Delegation
Entitled
State Employees - Contractual Employees - Break In Service
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 645
Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates V. Jones, Branch, Cadden, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Flanagan, Hubers, Kagan, Kopp, Palumbo, Proctor, and Stocksdale
Entitled
Employees' Pension System - University of Maryland Medical System Corporation
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 651
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 253
Sponsored By
Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Budget and Management)
Entitled
State Law Enforcement Officers - Death Benefits
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
HB 666
Status as of April 9, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate C. Davis
Entitled
State Personnel - Higher Education - Collective Bargaining
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 680
Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates W. Baker, Walkup, Guns, Eckardt, and Rudolph
Entitled
State Police Retirement System - Retirees - Reemployment as Sheriffs or State's Attorneys
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 716
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 677
Sponsored By
Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled
Circuit Courts - Funding of Law Clerks
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 805
Status as of April 3, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Delegates Getty and Elliott
Entitled
State Retirement and Pension System - Estimate of Pension Benefits
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 922
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 110
Sponsored By
Delegates Pitkin, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Branch, Bronrott, Burns, Busch, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dobson, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Finifter, Flanagan, Franchot, Frush, Getty, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Gordon, Greenip, Griffith, Grosfeld, Guns, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hill, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, Hurson, Hutchins, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kach, Kagan, J. Kelly, K. Kelly, Kirk, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Paige, Palumbo, Parrott, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Ports, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Schisler, Shank, Sher, Shriver, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Swain, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Walkup, Weir, Wood, and Zirkin
Entitled
Community Providers - Developmentally Disabled Individuals - Rate Increase
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
HB 929
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 693
Sponsored By
Delegates Love and Cadden
Entitled
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Domestic Relations Division Employees - Pension and Retirement Health Benefits
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 960
Status as of March 15, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Ports, DeCarlo, Klausmeier, and Redmer
Entitled
Ethics Law - Governmental Lobbyists
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 1082
Status as of March 12, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Vallario
Entitled
Attorney General - Representation of State Officer or State Employee
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1117
Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Delegates Gladden, Vallario, Cole, Amedori, Getty, Hutchins, Dembrow, Grosfeld, Petzold, Boschert, Barkley, Giannetti, Burns, K. Kelly, Valderrama, Griffith, Menes, and Taylor
Entitled
Sheriffs' Office Liability - Apportionment of State and County Responsibility
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1266
Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means
Sponsored By
Delegates Gladden, Kirk, and Cole
Entitled
Public School Symposia - Participation - State Employee Leave/Tax Credit
Committee
Assignments
House: Ways and Means and Appropriations
HB 1281
Status as of February 26, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn House Rules and Executive Nominations
Sponsored By
Delegate Hutchins
Entitled
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Transfers of Members of the Mass Transit Police Force
Committee
Assignments
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HB 1325
Status as of March 21, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Doory
Entitled
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Employee Relationships - Prohibitions
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1340
Status as of April 4, 2001: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Cadden, W. Baker, Vallario, A. Jones, Doory, Rosenberg, Conway, Rawlings, Linton, R. Baker, Hecht, James, Edwards, Palumbo, Turner, Branch, and Franchot
Entitled
State Personnel - Compensation of Lawyers Employed by the State
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1359
Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Chairman, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee (Departmental - Juvenile Justice)
Entitled
Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center - Intake - Assessment - Detention
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1361
Status as of March 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Klausmeier
Entitled
Natural Resources Police Force - Salaries
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1362
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 725
Sponsored By
Delegate Klausmeier
Entitled
State Personnel - Law Enforcement Employees - Compensatory Time for Overtime Work
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
HB 1419
Status as of April 6, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Flanagan
Entitled
Mass Transit Administration - Labor Disputes - Arbitration - Exceptions
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1420
Status as of March 7, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Flanagan
Entitled
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Access to Employee Organizations
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1433
Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Guns, W. Baker, Rudolph, Walkup, Cane, Eckardt, Schisler, Conway, Glassman, Boutin, James, Parrott, and Riley
Entitled
State Personnel - Essential Employees - Compensation for Work Performed During Weather-Related Emergencies
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1437
Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Hubbard
Entitled
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1454
Status as of April 5, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Klausmeier, Redmer, and Ports
Entitled
Military Service Credit - Membership in a Reserve Component of the Armed Forces of the United States
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HJ 18
Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates A. Jones, R. Baker, Brown, Burns, Edwards, Frush, Hecht, Howard, James, V. Jones, Kirk, Krysiak, Moe, Murphy, Oaks, Petzold, Rosenberg, and Turner
Entitled
State Retirement and Pension System - Study of Pension Benefits
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
SB 92
Status as of February 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled
State Retirement and Pension System - Optional Forms of Allowance - Recalculation of Allowance
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 175
Status as of March 28, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary
Sponsored By
Senators Frosh and Sfikas
Entitled
Maryland False Health Claims Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary and Environmental Matters
SB 207
Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 341
Sponsored By
The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Currie, Della, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Mitchell, Pinsky, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled
State Personnel - Higher Education - Collective Bargaining
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 216
Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Ferguson, Colburn, Dyson, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Mooney, and Stone
Entitled
Handgun Permits - Parole Agents, Probation Officers, and Correctional Officers
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 221
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 733
Sponsored By
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled
State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 247
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 586
Sponsored By
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled
Retirement and Pensions - Withdrawing Participating Governmental Units - Return of Assets and Liabilities
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 306
Status as of March 19, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Mitchell, Hughes, and McFadden
Entitled
State Prosecutor - Investigations - Homicide or Assault by Law Enforcement Officer
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 309
Status as of February 7, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Van Hollen, Currie, Hogan, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Neall, and Ruben
Entitled
Optional Retirement Program - Community Colleges - Employer and Employee Contributions
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 329
Status as of March 14, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled
Task Force to Study the State's Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 389
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 599
Sponsored By
Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)
Entitled
Employees' and Teachers' Retirement System - Average Final Compensation
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 414
Status as of March 23, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senators Pinsky, Conway, Exum, Hughes, Kelley, McFadden, Mitchell, Sfikas, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
State Procurement Contracts and State Financial Assistance Programs - Investment and Accountability Act
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 432
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 109
Sponsored By
Senators Middleton, Van Hollen, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Madden, Dyson, Colburn, Collins, Conway, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kelley, McCabe, McFadden, Mitchell, Mooney, Munson, Neall, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, and Teitelbaum
Entitled
Community Providers - Developmentally Disabled Individuals - Rate Increase
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
House: Appropriations
SB 473
Status as of May 17, 2001: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senator Jimeno
Entitled
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Domestic Relations Division Employees - Pension and Retirement Health Benefits
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 489
Status as of May 18, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 735
Sponsored By
Senators Jimeno, Baker, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Haines, Mooney, and Sfikas
Entitled
Sheriffs' Office Liability - Apportionment of State and County Responsibility
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 533
Status as of May 15, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 393
Sponsored By
Senator Collins
Entitled
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Martin State Airport Firefighters
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 566
Status as of March 26, 2001: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Senator Currie
Entitled
State Police Retirement System - Retirees - Reemployment as Sheriffs or State's Attorneys
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 656
Status as of April 2, 2001: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Sponsored By
Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled
Circuit Courts - Funding of Law Clerks
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Appropriations
SB 761
Status as of March 22, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance
Sponsored By
Senator Mitchell
Entitled
State Personnel - Task Force to Study the Compensation of Promoted and Reclassified State Employees
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Finance
SB 783
Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study
Sponsored By
Senator Bromwell
Entitled
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 799
Status as of February 21, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Senate Rules
Sponsored By
Senator DeGrange
Entitled
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Transfers of Members of the Mass Transit Police Force
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Senate Rules
SB 868
Status as of March 30, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators McFadden, Munson, and Ruben
Entitled
Correctional Officers - Payment of Special Death Benefits - Income Tax Subtraction Modification
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 878
Status as of April 20, 2001: Became Law - Chapter 177
Sponsored By
Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Education)
Entitled
State Department of Education - Professional Assistants
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 886
Status as of March 13, 2001: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Mitchell and Baker
Entitled
State Personnel - Compensation of Lawyers and Administrative Law Judges Employed by the State
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings