2006 Regular Session
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 55
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker and Delegates Brown, Hixson, Hammen, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Boteler, Bozman, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, D. Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Gaines, Glassman, Goodwin, Gordon, Griffith, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, James, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, McMillan, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, O'Donnell, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Quinter, Rosenberg, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stern, Trueschler, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Zirkin, Boschert, Cryor, C. Davis, Gilleland, Marriott, Myers, Ramirez, Ross, Goldwater, Costa, Kach, Kohl, McDonough, Oaks, Rudolph, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Veterans Advocacy and Education Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krebs, Bartlett, Elliott, Frank, Hogan, McComas, McMillan, O'Donnell, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Stull
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Teacher Education Reading Programs - Alignment with Federal Law
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krebs, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Cluster, Cryor, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Jennings, Kohl, McComas, McMillan, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, and Weir
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Family Home Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krebs, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Cluster, Costa, Cryor, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Jennings, Kohl, McComas, McMillan, Minnick, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, and Weir
- Entitled
- Income Tax - Expensing of Section 179 Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa, Boschert, Cadden, Dwyer, Edwards, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Kohl, Leopold, Love, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McKee, McMillan, Myers, O'Donnell, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Federal Credit and Deduction for State Death Taxes and Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 192
Status as of February 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pendergrass, Bobo, Goldwater, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Health - Clinical Trials Data Bank
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Military)
- Entitled
- Maryland Military Department - Maryland Defense Force Employment Protection
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach and Bromwell
- Entitled
- Radio Communications - Regulation of Amateur Radio Equipment - Limitations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Benson, Bohanan, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Cryor, DeBoy, Donoghue, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Kohl, Krebs, Leopold, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Moe, Myers, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Weir, Weldon, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax Modernization Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McConkey, Bartlett, V. Clagett, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Elmore, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Holmes, Mayer, McMillan, Myers, Parker, Pugh, Sophocleus, and Weir
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 348
Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education) and Delegates Bartlett, Bozman, Cardin, Dumais, Heller, Kaiser, King, Patterson, Boschert, Cryor, Elmore, Gilleland, and Howard
- Entitled
- Education - Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Heller (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds) and Delegates Aumann, Bohanan, and Marriott
- Entitled
- Revenue Collection - Offsets
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Taylor, Anderson, Benson, Burns, Cane, Conroy, Cryor, Feldman, Gilleland, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Heller, Howard, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Shewell, Stern, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Hubbard
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Folic Acid Supplement Distribution Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller)
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Donoghue, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, Frank, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Credentialing and Recredentialing of Health Care Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voter Registration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love, Bates, Boschert, Cadden, V. Clagett, Conroy, Costa, Frush, Gilleland, Leopold, McConkey, Miller, Moe, Pendergrass, Pugh, Sophocleus, F. Turner, Bartlett, Bozman, Cardin, Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and Ross
- Entitled
- Income Tax - U.S. Government Employees' Foreign Earned Income
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barkley, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Gutierrez, and Lawton
- Entitled
- Transportation - Mass Transit - Inspectors General and Governance of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
HB 1152
Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Doory, Frush, Goldwater, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Murray, Patterson, and Ramirez
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1190
Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stern, Goldwater, Barve, Jones, Conway, McIntosh, Hixson, D. Davis, Rosenberg, Simmons, Elliott, Weldon, Barkley, Benson, Bronrott, Cane, V. Clagett, Cryor, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Glassman, Heller, Hubbard, James, King, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McKee, Menes, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, F. Turner, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Prescription Drug Safety Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Aumann, Bartlett, Feldman, Holmes, Hubbard, and McKee
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Madaleno, Conway, C. Davis, Gutierrez, Jones, and Lawton
- Entitled
- State Reserve Fund - Federal Fund Replacement Account - Creation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Marriott, Anderson, Carter, DeBoy, Haynes, Kirk, McIntosh, Paige, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Transportation - Heavy Rail Transit - Federal Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gutierrez, Anderson, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Carter, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Heller, Hubbard, Kaiser, King, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Petzold, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Higher Education - State Student Financial Assistance - Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Trueschler
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount and Deduction for State Death Taxes
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 1384
Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haynes, Costa, Donoghue, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Nursing Facilities - Quality Assessment - Medicaid Reimbursement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- St. Mary's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Recordation Tax - Exemption for Transfers from a Government or Public Agency
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Rudolph, Bobo, Malone, DeBoy, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Cares
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McMillan, Aumann, Bartlett, Boschert, Boteler, Burns, Cadden, Cluster, Dwyer, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Impallaria, Kelly, Kohl, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Parker, Shewell, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Trueschler, and Wood
- Entitled
- State Finance and Procurement - Employment Authorization Verification - Maryland Job Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 1510
Status as of March 21, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Public-Private Partnership for Health Coverage for All Marylanders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1549
Status as of March 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates V. Turner, Hubbard, Kelley, Kullen, Mandel, Parker, Ross, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Medical Assistance Programs - Long-Term Care Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate V. Clagett
- Entitled
- Chesapeake Bay - Cleanup and Restoration - Federal Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Currie, Brinkley, DeGrange, Garagiola, Hogan, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Munson, Ruben, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Radio Communications - Regulation of Amateur Radio Equipment - Limitations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Giannetti, Greenip, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Kasemeyer, Kittleman, Mooney, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax Modernization Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brochin, Klausmeier, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount and Deduction for State Death Taxes
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, Mooney, Munson, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Veterans Advocacy and Education Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Miller, Currie, Frosh, Hollinger, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Britt, Exum, Frosh, Gladden, Grosfeld, Kelley, McFadden, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Maryland Universal Health Care Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator DeGrange
- Entitled
- Income Tax - U.S. Government Employees' Foreign Earned Income
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Teitelbaum, Astle, Della, Exum, Frosh, and Garagiola
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Credentialing and Recredentialing of Health Care Providers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lawlah, Kelley, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, and Ruben
- Entitled
- State Reserve Fund - Federal Fund Replacement Account - Creation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lawlah (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds) and Senators Forehand, Haines, and McFadden
- Entitled
- Revenue Collection - Offsets
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hollinger, Colburn, Conway, Forehand, Green, Grosfeld, Kelley, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Medical Assistance Programs - Long-Term Care Services
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Psychiatric Residential Treatment Demonstration Waiver Application
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Gladden and Hughes
- Entitled
- Transportation - Heavy Rail Transit - Federal Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
SJ 1
Status as of February 10, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hollinger, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Currie, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hughes, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Miller, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Air Pollution - Mercury Emissions Limits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
SJ 4
Status as of March 17, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Exum, Britt, Conway, Currie, Garagiola, Gladden, Hughes, Jones, Lawlah, McFadden, Forehand, Frosh, and Kelley
- Entitled
- Slavery in Maryland
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to the United States Supreme Court
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Colburn, Garagiola, Giannetti, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lawlah, and Pipkin
- Entitled
- Reformation of the United States Tax Code
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Green, Brochin, Conway, Della, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Giannetti, Harris, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kelley, Klausmeier, McFadden, Miller, Pinsky, Ruben, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Consideration of the Proposed Merger Between FPL Group, Inc., and Constellation Energy Group, Inc. - Request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Green, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, McFadden, Miller, and Ruben
- Entitled
- Ports - Delay of the Sale of Port Operations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SJ 15
Status as of March 26, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail - Eastward Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and Pipeline at the Former Sparrows Point Shipyard in Baltimore County - Disapproval by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
