2008 Regular Session
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus
District 38
Status of Legislation
Total Number of Bills: 46
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Working Waterfront Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stoltzfus, Brinkley, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Exum, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Greenip, Haines, Harrington, Harris, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, and Zirkin
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- State Designations - Smith Island Cake - State Dessert
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
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- Somerset County - Property Tax Credit for Assessment Increases
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stoltzfus, Astle, Colburn, Dyson, Glassman, Haines, and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Property Tax Credit - Commercial Waterfront Property
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Worcester County - Property Tax Credit - Historically Operated Amusement Park
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Somerset County - Bending Water Park
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Wicomico County - Epilepsy Association Facility
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Worcester County - Rackliffe House
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2007 - Worcester County - Delmarva Discovery Center on the Pocomoke River
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Somers Cove Marina Commission
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Worcester County - Property Tax Credits - Amusement Parks
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
Co-sponsored Bills
- Sponsored By
- Senators Simonaire, Harris, Edwards, Greenip, Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Haines, Glassman, Harrington, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Mooney, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Fallen Soldier Privacy Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Finance House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Zirkin, Brochin, Currie, Haines, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, Muse, Raskin, Robey, Stoltzfus, Forehand, Simonaire, and Stone
- Entitled
- Sex Offender Registry - Additional Information
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary
SB 92
Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Frosh, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Robey, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Elective Franchise - Youth Voter Registration and Participation in Elections
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Glassman, Harris, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Homestead Property Tax Credit - Applications - Use of Social Security Numbers
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Astle, Colburn, Edwards, Forehand, Haines, Glassman, Jacobs, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services - Preexisting Contracts
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Astle, Colburn, Edwards, Forehand, Haines, Glassman, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn, Stoltzfus, Pipkin, Jacobs, and Harris
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Rate - Eastern Shore Counties
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Colburn, Haines, Mooney, Muse, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Family Law - Covenant Marriage
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Colburn, Haines, Harris, Mooney, Munson, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Miller, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, Stone, Kasemeyer, Edwards, Jones, Munson, Zirkin, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Divestiture from Iran and Sudan
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Brinkley, Colburn, Forehand, Glassman, Haines, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Middleton, Munson, Muse, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Schools - Certified Teachers - Flagging Investigative Proceedings
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kasemeyer, Astle, Brinkley, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Edwards, Frosh, Garagiola, Jones, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, Munson, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, Stone, Colburn, Dyson, Glassman, Harris, Kelley, Pipkin, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Homestead Property Tax Credit
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton and Edwards (Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space/Agricultural Land Preservation) and Senators Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Greenip, Haines, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Mooney, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Program Open Space - Attainment of Acquisition Goals - Increased Allocation for Local Government
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee(By Request - Departmental - Transportation) and Senators Currie, Brinkley, DeGrange, Edwards, Jones, Kasemeyer, King, Kramer, Madaleno, McFadden, Munson, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption for Returning Military Members
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Robey, Garagiola, Kasemeyer, King, Kittleman, Lenett, Munson, Peters, Pugh, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Impersonation of a Police Officer - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Robey, King, Kittleman, Lenett, Munson, Peters, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road - Malfunctioning Traffic Control Signals
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Brinkley, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Kasemeyer, King, Kramer, Madaleno, Munson, Robey, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Task Force on Reducing State Budget Expenditures for Record Management and Retention
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators DeGrange, Brinkley, Currie, Della, Dyson, King, Klausmeier, McFadden, Miller, Munson, Peters, Robey, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers (BOAST) in Maryland Tax Credit
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Forehand, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lenett, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Family Law - Termination of Parental Rights - Child Conceived as the Result of Rape
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Brinkley, Brochin, Edwards, Glassman, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Effective Exemption Amount and Deduction for State Death Taxes
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators King, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Forehand, Garagiola, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kramer, Madaleno, Munson, Peters, Raskin, Robey, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Corporate Income Tax - Reporting and Study
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Kasemeyer, King, Kramer, McFadden, Pugh, Robey, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Property Tax Assessment Appeals
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Kasemeyer, King, Kramer, McFadden, Pugh, Robey, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Property Tax - Assessment Appeal Procedures
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Middleton, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Homestead Property Tax Credit - Farm or Agricultural Use Land
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 503
Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Haines, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Middleton, Munson, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Maryland Dairy Farmer Emergency Trust Fund
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Currie, Glassman, Haines, Jacobs, King, Kittleman, Kramer, Middleton, Munson, Robey, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Theft of Rental Property
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Munson, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Computer Services - Resale Exemption
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Astle, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Garagiola, Jacobs, Jones, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Mooney, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Robey, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Greenip
- Entitled
- Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Judiciary
SB 580
Status as of April 1, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Colburn, Lenett, and Stoltzfus
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- Radiation Oncology/ Therapy Technologists, Medical Radiation Technologists, Radiologist Assistants, and Nuclear Medicine Technologists - Licensure
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Robey, DeGrange, Glassman, King, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Peters, Stoltzfus, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Hometown Heroes Act of 2008 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Retirement Income of Law Enforcement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Greenip, Haines, Jacobs, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses - Lawful Presence in United States
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 673
Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Clammers - Clamming Appliances and Income - Compensation
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Della, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Kramer, Munson, Stoltzfus, Stone, Jacobs, Mooney, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Failure to Yield Right-of-Way - Penalties for Death or Serious Bodily Injury
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Della, Garagiola, Haines, Kramer, Munson, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Equipment on Motorcycles - Auxiliary Lighting
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Judicial Proceedings House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Miller, Astle, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Haines, Harrington, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Slot Machines - Definition
- Committee
Assignments - Senate: Budget and Taxation House: Ways and Means