2006 Regular Session
INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 80
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Arnick and Ramirez
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Custodial Interrogation - Capital Offenses - Electronic Recordation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 121
Status as of January 18, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)
- Entitled
- State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Miller, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Impallaria, Sossi, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Motor Fuel - Below Cost Sales
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Marriott (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Anderson, C. Davis, Doory, Goodwin, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, McIntosh, Oaks, Paige, Pugh, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Sex Offenders - Electronic Tracking and Movement Restrictions - Penalties for Violating Registration Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
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Status as of February 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations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
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barkley (Chairman, Joint Audit Committee)
- Entitled
- General Assembly - Office of Legislative Audits - Authorized Representatives and Authorized Work
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Minnick, Benson, Bohanan, Kelly, Kullen, Menes, Miller, Vallario, and Weir
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Sex Offenders - Electronic Tracking Bracelets
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Licensee Examinations
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Aumann, Boteler, Cluster, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, Kirk, Kohl, Krebs, Mayer, McComas, McDonough, McKee, Miller, O'Donnell, Parker, Parrott, Shank, Sossi, Stull, Weir, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Education Bridge to Excellence and Public School Construction Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Vallario, Anderson, Dumais, Gutierrez, Kelley, Lee, Petzold, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Custodial Interrogation - Electronic Recordation
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bromwell, Malone, and DeBoy
- Entitled
- Maryland Education Trust Fund - Video Lottery Terminals
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Charles County Delegation
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - False Statements Made During an Investigation - Prohibition
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate G. Clagett
- Entitled
- Public School Construction - Funding - Video Lottery Terminals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 626
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Burns, Frush, Heller, Hubbard, Kaiser, Kohl, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, Menes, Montgomery, Parker, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Trueschler, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Prescription Safety Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate C. Davis
- Entitled
- Ground Rents - Actions for Ejectment - Reasonable Efforts to Locate Tenant
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Office of Cemetery Oversight - Investigative and Enforcement Power - Entities Without Registrations or Permits
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Wood
- Entitled
- Medical Records - Permitted Disclosures - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse Investigations - Use of Videotape
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigator's Training
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Branch, Anderson, Barve, Bohanan, Cadden, G. Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Doory, Eckardt, Franchot, Gaines, Griffith, Haynes, James, Jones, Leopold, Levy, Madaleno, Marriott, McIntosh, Niemann, Paige, Proctor, Rosenberg, F. Turner, Barkley, Bates, Aumann, Edwards, O'Donnell, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Child Welfare Accountability Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Economic Matters Committee
- Entitled
- Office of Cemetery Oversight - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Multidisciplinary Teams
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate C. Davis
- Entitled
- Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2005 - Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- 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
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, V. Clagett, Cryor, C. Davis, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Gordon, Gutierrez, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Kaiser, King, Krysiak, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stern, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Election Law - Public Campaign Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Murray, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Rudolph, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication Technicians , and Electrologists - Licensing and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Quinter, Lee, and Shank
- Entitled
- Identity Fraud Investigations - Notification - Motor Vehicle Administration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McHale
- Entitled
- State Board of Dietetic Practice - Licensing Provisions - Changes
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates V. Turner, Benson, Costa, Hubbard, Murray, Rudolph, Frank, Elliott, and Nathan-Pulliam
- Entitled
- State Board of Nursing - Electrologists - License Renewal and Discipline
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cryor, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Cadden, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Feldman, Franchot, Gutierrez, James, Jameson, King, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, McKee, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Pendergrass, Petzold, Smigiel, Stern, F. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Missing Persons - Reports and Investigations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates O'Donnell and Aumann
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Aquaculture Operations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
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 Taylor, Murray, Benson, Carter, Dumais, Feldman, Haynes, Heller, Hixson, Kirk, Lee, Madaleno, Marriott, Oaks, Ramirez, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Representation of Business Affiliations with Small Businesses and Certified Minority Business Enterprises
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Hammen, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, Pendergrass, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Assisted Living Programs - Licensure
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 1329
Status as of February 17, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barve, Hammen, Cadden, Costa, Donoghue, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Insurance - Viatical Settlements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barve
- Entitled
- Disclosure of Medical Records - Investigations - Fee
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Marriott, Haynes, Krysiak, McHale, Oaks, Paige, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Baltimore City Civilian Review Board - Additional Powers and Training
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Risk of Abuse or Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate C. Davis
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Electronic Video and Audio Recording of Witnesses in Murder and Manslaughter Investigations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1486
Status as of April 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Branch, Anderson, Benson, Brown, Burns, Cane, Carter, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, D. Davis, Doory, Gaines, Goodwin, Griffith, Harrison, Haynes, Holmes, Howard, Jones, Kelley, Kirk, Marriott, McHale, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Procurement - Commercial Nondiscrimination Policy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cadden
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Internal Investigative Unit - Transferred
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin, Quinter, Simmons, Shank, Kelly, McComas, McMillan, and O'Donnell
- Entitled
- Sexual Offenders - Evaluation Before Sentencing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Branch, Barkley, Bohanan, Conway, DeBoy, Gaines, Griffith, Haynes, Niemann, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Department of Human Resources - Child Abuse and Neglect - Differential Response System Study
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hixson
- Entitled
- Income Tax - Voluntary Compliance Program for Abusive Tax Avoidance Transactions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates D. Davis , McHale, Doory, Moe, Burns, Conroy, Feldman, Harrison, Impallaria, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Minnick, Parrott, Taylor, Vaughn, Hubbard, Benson, Gaines, Howard, James, McDonough, and McMillian
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Mergers, Acquisitions, and Financing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1736
Status as of March 16, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McMillan, Cluster, Conroy, Hubbard, Impallaria, and McDonough
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Electric Companies and Electricity Suppliers - Regulation - Consumer Protection Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Stone, Astle, Kelley, Mooney, Munson, Schrader, and Hogan
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Sex Offenders - Electronic Tracking and Movement Restrictions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Child Support Enforcement Administration - Service of Notices - Time for Appeal
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Office of the Inspector General - Health Program Integrity and Recovery Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Teitelbaum, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Garagiola, Gladden, Hollinger, Hughes, Klausmeier, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Personal Information Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 142
Status as of March 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hollinger, Frosh, and Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Health Care Providers - Disclosures of Mental Health Records - Subpoenas
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Brinkley, Giannetti, Jacobs, Kittleman, Schrader, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Education Bridge to Excellence and Public School Construction Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)
- Entitled
- Sex Offenders - Electronic Tracking and Movement Restrictions - Penalties for Violating Registration Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden (Chairman, Joint Audit Committee)
- Entitled
- General Assembly - Office of Legislative Audits - Authorized Representatives and Authorized Work
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee
- Entitled
- Office of Cemetery Oversight - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 398
Status as of March 27, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hollinger (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)
- Entitled
- State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway and Hollinger
- Entitled
- State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication Technicians , and Electrologists - Licensing and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Ground Rents - Actions for Ejectment - Reasonable Efforts to Locate Tenant
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kittleman
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Motor Fuel - Below Cost Sales
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 569
Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Britt, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Jones, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Election Law - Public Campaign Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigator's Training
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse Investigations - Use of Videotape
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Multidisciplinary Teams
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Middleton, Astle, Della, and Exum
- Entitled
- Insurance - Viatical Settlements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Motor Fuel - Below Cost Sales
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Maryland Vessel Gaming Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Middleton, Della, Gladden, Hooper, Klausmeier, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Child Welfare Accountability Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2005 - Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kittleman
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation Commission - Authorization for Release of Medical Information - Work-Related Injury or Occupational Disease
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator DeGrange
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Internal Investigative Unit - Transferred
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lawlah, Britt, Conway, Currie, Exum, Gladden, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, and McFadden
- Entitled
- Procurement - Commercial Nondiscrimination Policy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Risk of Abuse or Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Electronic Video and Audio Recording of Witnesses in Murder and Manslaughter Investigations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Green, Della, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Service Companies - Electric Companies and Electricity Suppliers - Regulation
- 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
