2005 Regular Session
HEARINGS
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 - 
 Witness Fees and Mileage Costs
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
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State Board of Examiners in Optometry - Regulation of Optometric Care
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
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Criminal Procedure - HIV Testing - Time Limits
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
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Public School Construction - Funding - Video Lottery Terminals
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
 - 
 Quality Health Care Act of 2005
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Senate Rules
 
- Entitled
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Talbot County - Board of Education - Election of Members
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Baltimore-Washington International
Airport  and Other State
 Facilities, Roads, and Bridges - Naming
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Crimes and Criminal Procedure - Victim and Witness Intimidation
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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Drunk and Drugged Driving - Young Drivers - License Suspension
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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Public Education Bridge to Excellence - Funding - Video Lottery
Terminals
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
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Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Hearings on Proposed Actions by
Insurers - Attorney Fees
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
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Gun Shops - Security Requirements for Regulated Firearms
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
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Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
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Safe Nurse Staffing for Quality Care Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
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Prescription Drugs - Price Controls
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
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Vehicle Laws - Minor Holding Provisional Driver's
License - Prohibition
Against Minors as Passengers
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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Motor Vehicles - Learners' Permits and Provisional Licenses -
 Prohibition on Use of a
Wireless Communication Device While Driving
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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Public Safety - Building Code Enforcement Officials - Removal for
Cause
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
 
- Entitled
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Video Lottery Terminals - New Racetrack at Pocomoke City
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
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 Freestanding Medical Facilities -
 Licensing and Pilot Project
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Commissioners
 and General Manager
 - Duties and Removal Procedures
MC/PG 107-05
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Commissioners - Terms of
Office and Appointment and Removal Process
MC/PG 110-05
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
 
- Entitled
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Environment - Water Appropriation Permits - Penalties
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Institutions of Higher Education - Policies and Programs Related to
Student Credit and Credit Card Marketers
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Appropriations
 
- Entitled
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State Board of Pharmacy - Registration of Pharmacy Technicians
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Anne Arundel County - Board of Education -
 Appointment Process
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Prince George's County - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission - Zoning Appeals
MC/PG 125-05
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Public Education Bridge to Excellence - Funding - Video Lottery
Terminals
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
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Gaming and Video Lottery Terminals - State Lottery Commission -
Licensing, Revenues, and Operations
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
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State Board of Barbers - State Board of Cosmetologists - Citations
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Insurance - Property and Casualty - Personal Automobile Liability
Insurance - Coverage and Premiums
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
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Business Regulation - Home Builders - Home Builder Guaranty Fund
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
 
- Entitled
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Commercial Drivers' Licenses - Standards, Requirements, and Penalties
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters and Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
Juvenile Law - Competency
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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 Criminal Defendants and
 Juvenile Respondents - Incompetency and Criminal
Responsibility - Task Force to Study Persons Incompetent to
 Stand Trial or Juvenile Adjudication
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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Circuit Courts - Medical Malpractice Review Panel Pilot Program
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Circuit Courts - Medical Injury - Medical Malpractice Review Panel
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
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Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2005
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
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State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Inactive
Status - Penalties and Disciplinary Actions
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
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Medicaid Quality Improvement Act of 2005
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
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Land Preservation Retention Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters and Appropriations
 
- Entitled
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Washington County Animal Control Ordinance - Violations
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Washington County - Alarm Systems
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Procurement - Commercial Nondiscrimination Policy
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
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Juvenile Causes - Child in Need of Assistance - Priority of Relatives
as Caregivers
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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Family Law - Task
Force on Kinship Caregivers
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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Criminal Procedure - HIV Testing - Time Limits
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
Maryland Assault Weapons Ban of 2005
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
 Department of Juvenile
 Services Reform Act of 2005
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
Juvenile Law - Competency - Services
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
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Maryland Polysomnography Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
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Quality of Mental Health Care Panel
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
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Mentally Ill Individuals' Bill of Rights
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
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Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Mortgage Originators
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
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Zoning - Accessory Use - Notice
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
 
- Entitled
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Pharmacy Benefits Managers
Regulation Act of 2005
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
 - 
Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan
Organizations - Registration and Regulation
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
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Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Informational Notices
PG 343-05
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
 
- Entitled
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Prince George's County - Board of Education - Districts and
Membership
PG 401-05
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
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Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Nudity and
Sexual Displays
PG 300-05
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Horse Racing - Pimlico Race Course - Transfer of Preakness Stakes
Name and Trademarks
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
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Death Penalty - Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Hearing Board - Final
Order
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Appropriations
 
- Entitled
 - 
State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure, Registration,
and Regulation
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Department of Natural Resources - Powers, Limitations, and Procedures
- Wildlife
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
 
- Entitled
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Baltimore County - Department of Environmental Protection and Resource
Management, Permits Office
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
 
- Entitled
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State Board of Public Accountancy - Mandatory Peer Review
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
 - 
Juvenile Causes - Child in Need of Assistance - Court Hearings and
Findings
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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State Board of Glass Technician Examiners - Licensure and Regulation
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
 
- Entitled
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Natural Resources - Nonnative Oysters - Introduction
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Washington County Growth Management Act of 2005
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
 
- Entitled
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University of Maryland, College Park - Campus Traffic Study
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Appropriations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Congressional Districting Process
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
 
- Entitled
 - 
General Assembly - Legislative Districting - Process
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
 
- Entitled
 - 
General Assembly - Legislative Districting
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Maryland
 Education Trust Fund - Video
Lottery Terminals
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
 
- Entitled
 - 
Public Education Bridge to Excellence - Funding - Video Lottery
Terminals
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
 - 
Revised Uniform Arbitration Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Health Insurance - Health Maintenance Organizations - Rate Increases
- Hearings
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Drunk and Drugged Driving - Administrative Per Se Offenses - Hearings
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Developmental
Disability - Freedom of Choice
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Bar Admission Requirements - Exemption - Representation Before Boards
or Commissions on Common Ownership Communities
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Maryland Stationary Engineers Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
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Juvenile Causes - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Contempt of Court
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Motor Vehicles - Learners'
 Permits and Provisional Licenses - Prohibition on Use of
 a  Wireless Communication
  Device
While Driving
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
 
- Entitled
 - 
False, Fictitious, or Fraudulent Representations to Legislative Branch
Units
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Vehicle Laws -  Minor Holding
Provisional Driver's License
- Prohibition Against Minors as Passengers
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
 
- Entitled
 - 
Electric Generation - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
- Construction and Public Notice
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
 
- Entitled
 - 
Public Service Commission - License Hearing Officer
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
 
- Entitled
 - 
Aging - Congregate Housing - Civil Money Penalties
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Hearings on Proposed Actions by
Insurers - Attorney Fees
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
 
- Entitled
 - 
Public Safety - Police Training Commission - Suspension and
Revocation of Certification
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
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Refusal of Psychiatric Medication - Clinical Review Panel
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Public Service Commission - Public Utility Law Judges
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
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Water Pollution Control - Corrective Orders
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
 - 
 Criminal Procedure - Victim and Witness
Intimidation
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Public Education Bridge to Excellence - Funding - Video Lottery
Terminals
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
 - 
Maryland Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
 Freestanding Medical Facilities -
 Licensing and Pilot Project
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
 Land Preservation and State Asset Protection
 Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
House: Environmental Matters and Appropriations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Health Maintenance Organizations - Rate Increases - Disapproval by
Insurance Commissioner
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
 - 
Natural Resources - Nonnative Oysters - Introduction
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
 
- Entitled
 - 
Vehicle Laws - Administrative Hearings - Rights of
 Victim's Representatives
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
State Racing Commission Reorganization Act
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
 - 
Family Law - Minors - Emancipation by Court Order
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
Talbot County - Board of Education - Election of Members
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
 - 
State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Licensure, Registration,
and Regulation
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
 - 
Juvenile Law - Competency
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Medical Laboratories -
Retests and Public Notification
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Commercial Drivers' Licenses - Standards, Requirements, and Penalties
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters and Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Juvenile Causes - Hearing on Petition to Authorize Continued Detention
and Shelter Care - Limitation
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Mortgage Originators
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
 
- Entitled
 - 
Business Regulation - Home Builders - Home Builder Guaranty Fund
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
 
- Entitled
 - 
Baltimore City Community College - Governance
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
 - 
Labor and Employment - Retaliatory Action for Testifying on Pending
Legislation - Prohibition
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Appropriations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Cooperative Housing Corporations and Homeowners Associations - Dispute
Settlement Procedures
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
 Health Care Providers - Disclosure of
 Mental Health Records - Subpoenas
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Juvenile Causes - Child in Need of Assistance - Court Hearings and
Findings
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Medical Loss
 Ratio and Quality of Care
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2005
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Income Tax Revenues - Distributions to Municipal Corporations
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Budget and Taxation
 
- Entitled
 - 
Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Incompetency and Criminal
Responsibility
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
 
- Entitled
 - 
Insurance - Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
 
- Entitled
 - 
Juvenile Law - Competency - Services
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Hearing Board - Final
Order
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Health Records
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 
- Entitled
 - 
 Education -
 Public School System
 Reviews -
 Requirements
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
 
- Entitled
 - 
Vehicle Laws - Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way - Penalties
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
 
- Entitled
 - 
Maryland Video Surveillance Camera Deployment Commission and Fund -
Establishment
 
- Committee 
Assignments - 
Senate: Judicial Proceedings