2004 Regular Session
SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 72
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott, Mandel, and Holmes
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicles - Learners' Permits and Provisional Licenses - Restriction on Use of a Wireless Communication Device While Driving
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Owings
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Penalties - Motorcycle Safety Program
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Arnick and Mandel
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Use of Hand-Held Telephone While Driving - Prohibition
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police) and Delegate Wood
- Entitled
- Department of State Police - School Bus Safety Enforcement Fund - Reporting Date
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Environment - Air Quality - New Source Review
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Holmes, Cryor, Feldman, King, Lee, and Murray
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicles - Learner's Instructional Permit and Provisional Driver's License - Restriction on Use of Communication Device While Driving
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Howard, Kelley, and Parker
- Entitled
- State Lottery - Unanticipated Revenues
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)
- Entitled
- Education - School Vehicles - Length of Operation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Amedori, Bates, Boteler, Boutin, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, McConkey, McKee, Myers, Owings, Parrott, Shank, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Handgun Safety Devices - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Anderson, Bronrott, Brown, Cryor, Glassman, Pendergrass, Walkup, Wood, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Hubbard, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Proposed Regulations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Boutin
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Task Force on Dangerous Dogs in Maryland
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boutin and Mandel, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Hurson, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Prescription Drug Safety Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Holmes, Hubbard, Hurson, Jones, Kach, King, Madaleno, McHale, Menes, Minnick, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Simmons, Sossi, Taylor, F. Turner, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Provisional Driver's License Restriction for a Minor - Prohibition against Minors as Passengers
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
- Entitled
- Environment - Hazardous Material Security
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Conroy, Cryor, Dumais, Feldman, Goldwater, Kaiser, Lee, Madaleno, Montgomery, Parker, Ross, Stern, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Leghold Traps - Prohibition
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin, Bromwell, Cardin, Doory, Dumais, Gutierrez, Hennessy, Menes, Morhaim, and Vallario
- Entitled
- State Police - Facility Security
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety - Authority and Inspection Intervals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington County - School Buses - Length of Operation
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Amedori, Anderson, Barkley, Kelley, King, Lee, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Family Law - Unattended Children
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelly, Bartlett, Edwards, Elliott, Hogan, McKee, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, Shank, Stull, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Handguns - Integrated Mechanical Safety Device Requirement - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Aumann, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Biological Agents Registry Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Collection and Disposition of District Court Fines and Penalties - Traffic Safety Enforcement and Education Fund PG 316-04
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, V. Clagett, Conroy, Goldwater, Heller, Marriott, Montgomery, V. Turner, Anderson, Aumann, Barve, Cardin, Franchot, Gordon, Gutierrez, Holmes, King, Madaleno, Menes, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Parker, Petzold, Quinter, Simmons, Stern, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Transportation - Safety Standards for the Transportation of Children
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Barkley, Bronrott, Cryor, Feldman, Franchot, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Heller, Kaiser, King, Madaleno, Mandel, Montgomery, Simmons, Taylor, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Maternity Patients - Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Love (By Request) and Delegate Menes
- Entitled
- Nursing Facilities - Electronic Monitoring
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lee, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bronrott, Brown, Cryor, Dumais, Feldman, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hennessy, Hixson, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Madaleno, McComas, Menes, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, O'Donnell, Paige, Quinter, Shank, Simmons, Stern, V. Turner, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Information Technology Board - Security of Computer Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Amedori, Anderson, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Boutin, Cluster, Costa, DeBoy, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Frank, Fulton, Gilleland, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Leopold, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Miller, Minnick, Mitchell, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Citizens' Protection Act of 2004
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Howard, Barkley, G. Clagett, Jameson, Mitchell, Patterson, and Wood
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Emergency Expenditures - Nation's Capital First Responder Preparedness District
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cadden, Barkley, Bates, Bohanan, Branch, Conway, Niemann, and Paige
- Entitled
- Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards - Sanctions
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelley, Frush, Gaines, Moe, Sophocleus, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Transportation - Task Force to Study General Aviation Issues in Maryland - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Bartlett, Bozman, Conroy, Conway, Costa, Feldman, Frush, Glassman, Harrison, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Jameson, Jennings, Krebs, Krysiak, Love, Malone, McHale, Moe, Parrott, Quinter, Stern, Stull, Taylor, Vaughn, Walkup, and Weir
- Entitled
- Task Force on Automatic Sprinkler Systems in Homes
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bartlett, Barkley, Conroy, Frank, Gilleland, Goodwin, Kaiser, Marriott, Miller, Montgomery, Myers, Petzold, Ramirez, and Ross
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicles - Snow or Ice on Vehicle
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- Public Safety Corrective Bill
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Trueschler
- Entitled
- Elevator Safety - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety - Inspections and Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 1143
Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Stern
- Entitled
- Prescription Drug Distribution Safety Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Anderson, Boutin, Leopold, Mandel, Menes, Petzold, Shank, Trueschler, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Use of Mobile Telephone by Driver Who Is a Minor - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas and Boutin
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Boteler, and Boutin
- Entitled
- Driver's Licenses - Medical Advisory Board - Reports by Physicians
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1158
Status as of March 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McDonough, Boteler, and Impallaria
- Entitled
- Homeland Security Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Mandel
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Medical Advisory Board - Safe Operation of Motor Vehicles
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation (By Request - Anne Arundel County Administration)
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Mobile Telephone Sales and Use Tax
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Gaines, and Healey
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Fire Alarm Systems - Modification for Hearing Impaired Condominium Owner
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1268
Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stull, G. Clagett, Cluster, DeBoy, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Glassman, Hogan, Kach, Kelly, Krebs, McKee, Miller, Mitchell, Myers, Shank, Walkup, Weir, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health - Food Processing - Fund-Raising Organizations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1342
Status as of March 3, 2004: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cardin (By Request)
- Entitled
- Approved Gear and Equipment - Youth Baseball
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1359
Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jennings, Impallaria, McDonough, and Weir
- Entitled
- Task Force on Residential Aboveground Oil Tanks in Flood Areas
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1388
Status as of February 20, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bronrott, Frush, Benson, Hubbard, Barkley, Barve, Brown, Conroy, Cryor, D. Davis, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Goldwater, Griffith, Gutierrez, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Hurson, Kelley, King, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Niemann, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Ross, Simmons, Stern, Taylor, V. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Radar Cameras
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stull, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Cluster, Edwards, Elliott, Frush, Glassman, Hogan, Holmes, Jennings, Kelly, Malone, McConkey, McKee, Montgomery, Myers, Owings, Parrott, Shank, Sossi, Stocksdale, Weir, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Environmental Sanitarians - Milk Safety Inspector Exception
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stull, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Cluster, Edwards, Elliott, Frush, Glassman, Hogan, Holmes, Jennings, Kelly, Krebs, Malone, McConkey, McKee, Montgomery, Myers, Owings, Parrott, Shank, Sossi, Stocksdale, Weir, Weldon, Boutin, McDonough, Kach, Smigiel, Donoghue, and Boteler
- Entitled
- Milk Products - Threat to Public Health - Impoundment and Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jameson, Hurson, Hammen, Boutin, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Kach, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Bed and Breakfast Establishments - Food Service - Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 1518
Status as of April 7, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hurson
- Entitled
- Health Care - Adverse Patient Safety Events - Reporting and Attorney's Fees for Civil Action
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Port Administration - Report to General Assembly on Funding to Address Vulnerability Concerns
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
- Entitled
- Electric Regulation - High Voltage Lines
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brochin
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Defendants on Probation for Committing Sex-Related Crimes against Minors
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Klausmeier, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Self-Defense Act - Rule of Law
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Harris, Jacobs, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Family Law - Domestic Violence - Address Confidentiality Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Astle, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, Klausmeier, McFadden, Miller, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Prescription Drugs - Canadian Mail Order Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Haines
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Administration - Driver's License Provisions - Safe Driving Credit System
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Service Commission)
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 209
Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Munson
- Entitled
- State Board of Cosmetologists - Tanning Facilities - Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson, Middleton, Forehand, Lawlah, Schrader, Ruben, Kelley, Frosh, Hooper, Della, and DeGrange
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Provisional Driver's License Restriction for a Minor - Prohibition against Minors as Passengers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
SB 279
Status as of March 8, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Forehand, Gladden, Jones, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Leghold Traps - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Colburn, Hafer, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Recording Devices - Limitations on Release of Information
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Brochin, Garagiola, Britt, and Dyson
- Entitled
- State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Proposed Regulations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Recreational Vessels - Personal Flotation Devices for Children - Additional Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lawlah
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Emergency Expenditures - Nation's Capital First Responder Preparedness District
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Miller, Astle, DeGrange, Dyson, Jimeno, Klausmeier, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Handguns - Integrated Mechanical Safety Device - Definition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 611
Status as of April 5, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hafer, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Giannetti, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement for Motorcycle Riders - Exceptions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hooper, Colburn, Della, Dyson, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Use of Mobile Telephone by Driver Who Is a Minor - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Ruben and Forehand
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Mandatory Seat Belt Use
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Hollinger, Conway, Britt, Colburn, Dyson, Greenip, Grosfeld, Harris, Pinsky, Schrader, and Stone
- Entitled
- Bed and Breakfast Establishments - Food Service - Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, Britt, Currie, Exum, Garagiola, Giannetti, Grosfeld, Kramer, Lawlah, Miller, Pinsky, Ruben, Teitelbaum, and Green
- Entitled
- Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Radar Cameras
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Giannetti
- Entitled
- Federal Funds and Use of Ignition Interlock Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
