DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 45

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  HB 6

  Status as of March 24, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel, Boschert, Cardin, Gordon, King, and Ramirez

  Entitled

  State Property Tax Exemption - Surviving Spouse of a Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 82

  Status as of March 28, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boschert, Gilleland, Healey, Hixson, Bartlett, Bozman, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Goodwin, Gordon, Heller, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross

  Entitled

  Income Tax Relief for Surviving Spouse of Fallen Armed Forces Member

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 136

  Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Costa, Boschert, Dwyer, Frank, Leopold, McConkey, McMillan, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Maryland Estate Tax - Federal Credit and Federal Deduction for State Death Taxes and Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 268

  Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Conroy, Costa, Kullen, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Serious Incidents

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 321

  Status as of April 11, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Krebs, Aumann, Bates, Boutin, Eckardt, Edwards, Frank, Haddaway, Impallaria, McComas, McDonough, McMillan, Miller, Minnick, Myers, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Trueschler, Weir, and Wood

  Entitled

  Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount and Deduction for State Death Taxes

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 353

  Status as of March 2, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Murray, Carter, Franchot, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, F. Turner, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Basic Human Rights Act of 2005

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 559

  Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bates

  Entitled

  Reckless and Negligent Driving - Bodily Injury or Death - Notice to Appear

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 594

  Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates King, Barkley, Dumais, Feldman, Gilleland, Healey, Kaiser, Lee, Simmons, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Crimes - Prohibition Against Interfering with, Injuring, or Killing Service Animals (Langer's Law)

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 609

  Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Barkley, Boutin, Bromwell, Bronrott, Donoghue, Gordon, Kach, Lee, Mandel, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, and Stern

  Entitled

  Long-Term Care Facilities and Hospitals - Reporting Deaths of Long-Term Care Facility Residents

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 645

  Status as of February 7, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shank, Quinter, Eckardt, Haddaway, Mayer, O'Donnell, and Smigiel

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Reckless Endangerment - Use of a Motor Vehicle

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 646

  Status as of March 30, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shank, Bartlett, Kelly, McKee, Myers, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Victims of Crime - Burglary and Crimes of Violence - Civil Immunity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 651

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 389

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Costa, Hubbard, Benson, Boutin, Kullen, Murray, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Developmental Disabilities Administration - Prioritization System for Investigations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 741

  Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 233

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sophocleus, Barkley, Bobo, Boschert, Cadden, Cane, V. Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Dumais, Elmore, Gilleland, King, Leopold, Love, McComas, Menes, Parker, Petzold, Rosenberg, Sossi, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Family Law - Local Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 902

  Status as of February 9, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Petzold, Barkley, Dumais, Madaleno, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, and Simmons

  Entitled

  Moving Violations - Death - Notice to Appear

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 930

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 403

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Heller, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Cardin, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Gilleland, Goodwin, Healey, Howard, James, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Montgomery, Murray, Myers, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Ross, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Education - Youth Suicide Prevention School Program - Mental Health Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 933

  Status as of February 28, 2005: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stocksdale and Aumann

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Request for Release by Landowner's Estate

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 939

  Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McComas, Barkley, Bartlett, Boutin, DeBoy, Kach, McConkey, Miller, Shewell, Sossi, and Trueschler

  Entitled

  Alcohol- or Drug-Related Driving Offenses - Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances - Contributing Cause of Accident

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 940

  Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McComas, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Boutin, Burns, Conroy, DeBoy, Dwyer, Elliott, Haddaway, Kach, McConkey, McKee, Miller, Myers, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, and Trueschler

  Entitled

  Alcohol- or Drug-Related Driving Offenses - Accident Resulting in Death or Life Threatening Injury - Test Refusal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 941

  Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 250

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McComas, Aumann, Bartlett, Barve, Bates, Boteler, Boutin, Bronrott, Carter, V. Clagett, Eckardt, Elliott, Frush, Glassman, Haddaway, Hennessy, Kach, Kaiser, Lee, Mayer, McDonough, Menes, Miller, Montgomery, Quinter, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stern, Stocksdale, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Injury to or Death of Pet - Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 991

  Status as of March 25, 2005: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Conroy, Kullen, Mandel, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Serious Incidents

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1004

  Status as of March 2, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel, Boschert, Dwyer, Goldwater, Kelly, Mayer, McComas, McDonough, Menes, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Public Power of Attorney - Health Care Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1021

  Status as of April 5, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hurson, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cardin, V. Clagett, Cryor, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Goldwater, Gordon, Gutierrez, Hammen, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, Jones, Kaiser, King, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Parker, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Medical Decision Making Act of 2005

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  HB 1078

  Status as of March 2, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates D. Davis, Conroy, Doory, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jameson, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Minnick, Moe, Walkup, and Wood

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Corporations - License to Operate Funeral Establishment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1226

  Status as of April 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 264

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Minnick, Bartlett, Boschert, Boteler, Bozman, Branch, Cane, Cardin, Conroy, Cryor, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Glassman, Gordon, Heller, Jameson, Jennings, Kelley, Kelly, King, Love, McHale, McKee, Miller, Patterson, Proctor, Ross, Sophocleus, Sossi, Vallario, Weir, Zirkin, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Deceased Military Member - State Flag Presented to Family

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1276

  Status as of May 10, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 427

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Moe, Cardin, Costa, Glassman, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, McHale, Parrott, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  Public Safety Employees Killed in Performance of Duties - Death Benefits - Heart Attack or Stroke

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1378

  Status as of February 16, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Benson

  Entitled

  Death - Final Disposition of Body

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1545

  Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates DeBoy and Cluster

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Driving While License Is Suspended - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 99

  Status as of January 20, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Greenip, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Garagiola, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Mooney, Pipkin, Schrader, and Stone

  Entitled

  Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount and Deduction for State Death Taxes

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 347

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Injury to or Death of Pet - Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 394

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 479

  Sponsored By

  Senator Frosh

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Department of State Police - Investigations of Deaths in or Outside Correctional Facilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 431

  Status as of March 28, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs, Colburn, Hafer, Kittleman, and Lawlah

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Administrative Hearings - Rights of Victim's Representatives

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 584

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Became Law - Chapter 493

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kasemeyer (Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Simplification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 632

  Status as of March 9, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Green, Hafer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Mooney, Munson, Schrader, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Credit for Surviving Spouse of Fallen Armed Forces Member

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 699

  Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Della, Grosfeld, Kelley, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Serious Incidents

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 702

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum and Kelley

  Entitled

  Developmental Disabilities Administration - Prioritization System for Investigations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 711

  Status as of March 24, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Crimes - Prohibition Against Interfering with, Stealing, Injuring, or Killing Service Animals (Langer's Law)

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 796

  Status as of May 20, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Grosfeld, Kelley, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Medical Decision Making Act of 2005

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 804

  Status as of March 10, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  State Property Tax Exemption - Surviving Spouse of a Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 823

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Hollinger, Conway, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Dyson, Greenip, Harris, and Kittleman

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Deceased Military Member - State Flag Presented to Family

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 833

  Status as of February 23, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Mooney

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Driving While License Is Suspended - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 838

  Status as of May 26, 2005: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della, DeGrange, Giannetti, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Public Safety Employees Killed in Performance of Duties - Death Benefits - Heart Attack or Stroke

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 841

  Status as of March 21, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Britt

  Entitled

  Basic Human Rights Act of 2005

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 962

  Status as of March 30, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Death - Final Disposition of Body

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 963

  Status as of March 4, 2005: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Giannetti and Garagiola

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SJ 4

  Status as of March 14, 2005: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green, Astle, Brinkley, Britt, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Dyson, Forehand, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, McFadden, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Ruben, Schrader, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Compensation to Families of Military Service Members Who Gave Their Lives in the Service of Our Country

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations