2006 Regular Session
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Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 33
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Arnick, Bronrott, Mandel, Conroy, and Pendergrass
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving and Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving - Prohibitions
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Patterson, Conroy, Holmes, Kelley, and Parker
- Entitled
- State Lottery - Unclaimed Prizes - Distribution to School Systems
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Petzold, Anderson, Bronrott, Dumais, Dwyer, Kelly, King, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, McMillan, Menes, Quinter, Rosenberg, Sophocleus, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Civil Liability - AMBER Alert Dissemination - Immunity for Media and Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates F. Turner, Aumann, Barkley, Bohanan, Cadden, G. Clagett, Conway, Cryor, DeBoy, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Gaines, Gilleland, Goldwater, Goodwin, Haynes, James, Jones, Kelley, King, Levy, Madaleno, Mandel, McIntosh, Montgomery, Murray, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Pendergrass, Proctor, Pugh, Quinter, Ramirez, Rudolph, Stern, V. Turner, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Community Colleges - Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelley, Parker, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Commercial Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Devices While Driving - Prohibitions
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Telecommunications Tax - Distribution of Revenue PG 420-06
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Feldman
- Entitled
- Insurance - Waiver of Customer Liability - Utility Providers
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cryor
- Entitled
- Income Tax Subtraction Modification for Cost of Employee Teleworking Expenses
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cryor
- Entitled
- State Employee Teleworking Act
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Telecommunications Tax - Distribution of Revenue PG 407-06
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jameson, Walkup, Donoghue, Bohanan, Bozman, Conroy, Edwards, Elmore, Glassman, Haddaway, Kirk, Kullen, Levy, Love, Mayer, McKee, Miller, Minnick, Proctor, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, Weldon, Wood, and Krebs
- Entitled
- Rural Broadband Communication Services
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Aumann, V. Clagett, Cryor, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Gilleland, Heller, Hogan, Kaiser, Kohl, Lee, McDonough, Shank, Smigiel, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Crimes - Commercial Depiction of Dogfight or Cockfight - Prohibition
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cryor and Dumais
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Prohibition on Prerecorded Emergency Messages - Exceptions
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Quinter, Bobo, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Telephone Directories - Inclusion of Cellular Subscribers
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McIntosh (Chairman, Joint Commission on the Maryland Port Administration) and Delegates Arnick, Branch, Bronrott, Cane, G. Clagett, Edwards, Frush, Glassman, McHale, and Parrott
- Entitled
- Procurement - Maryland Port Administration - Exemption
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters and Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Vallario and Simmons
- Entitled
- Telephone Privacy Act of 2006
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters and Judiciary
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
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ramirez, Anderson, Bartlett, Boschert, Branch, Cane, C. Davis, Doory, Edwards, Goodwin, Haynes, Holmes, Howard, Kelly, Kirk, Love, Marriott, Minnick, Moe, Myers, Paige, Patterson, Ross, Bozman, Cardin, Conroy, Cryor, Elmore, Gilleland, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Lee, Kaiser, King, McKee, Parker, and Wood
- Entitled
- Education - Educational Technology Pilot Program - Elementary Schools
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Jameson
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Statewide Fiber Optic Network
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
HB 1740
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McMillan, Boschert, and Gilleland
- Entitled
- Public Safety Employees - Duty to Help, Protect, or Rescue
- Committee
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HJ 4
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Bobo, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, Dumais, Goldwater, Heller, Howard, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, McComas, Montgomery, Murray, Parker, Pendergrass, and Stern
- Entitled
- ICE Designation on Cell Phones
- Committee
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Green, Kelley, Ruben, and Stone
- Entitled
- State Employee Teleworking Act
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn, Garagiola, Jacobs, Pipkin, and Stone
- Entitled
- Crimes - Unauthorized Possession of Contraband - Place of Confinement
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Telecommunication Device in Place of Confinement - Prohibition
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 499
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hogan, Astle, DeGrange, Frosh, Green, Lawlah, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Community Colleges - Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Telemedicine - Use and Reimbursement - Study
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Middleton, Mooney, Munson, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Rural Broadband Communication Services
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Maryland Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists Act - Revision
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Statewide Fiber Optic Network
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 834
Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton (Chairman, Joint Commission on the Maryland Port Administration)
- Entitled
- Procurement - Maryland Port Administration - Exemption
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Education - Educational Technology Pilot Program - Elementary Schools
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Insurance - Waiver of Customer Liability - Utility Providers
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, Britt, Brochin, DeGrange, Frosh, Garagiola, Green, Grosfeld, Jones, Kramer, Lawlah, Pinsky, Ruben, and Stone
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Telephone Directories - Inclusion of Cellular Subscribers
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
