2008 Regular Session
Appeals -see also- Judicial Review
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 63
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- District Court - Small Claim Actions - Amount in Controversy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Glenn
- Entitled
- Construction Industry Employee Misclassification Act
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters and Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Anderson, Haynes, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Smigiel, Vallario, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Criminal Appeals - District Courts - Stay of Sentence and Release
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo and V. Clagett
- Entitled
- Charter Counties - Land Use Appeals - Standing
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Elliott, Kipke, Rudolph, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Hammen, Kach, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Riley, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts with Pharmacies and Pharmacists
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegate Kramer and Delegates Jameson, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Bates, Beitzel, Bohanan, Boteler, Branch, Bronrott, Busch, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, DeBoy, Doory, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Gaines, George, Gilchrist, Guzzone, Haddaway, Hammen, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Impallaria, Ivey, James, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Kelly, King, Kipke, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Levi, Levy, Love, Malone, Manno, Mathias, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McHale, McIntosh, Miller, Minnick, Montgomery, Murphy, Myers, O'Donnell, Olszewski, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuh, Shank, Simmons, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stein, Stocksdale, Stull, Valderrama, Vaughn, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Statewide DNA Data Base System - Crimes of Violence and Burglary - Sample Collections on Charge
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Unemployment Insurance Claims - Lower Appeals Division
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Lee, and McComas (Task Force to Study Identity Theft) and Delegates Barnes, Carr, Howard, Hucker, Impallaria, Ivey, Lafferty, McConkey, Pena-Melnyk, Smigiel, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Mail Theft - Penalty
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
- Entitled
- State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kullen
- Entitled
- Education - Public Charter Schools - Revisions
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- The Minority Leader and Delegates Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Kipke, McComas, Miller, Norman, Shank, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Video Slot Machines Revenues and Operations
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Schuler
- Entitled
- Maryland Crane Operators Act
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo, Barnes, Carr, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hecht, Holmes, Hubbard, Lafferty, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Stein, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Richard Atta Poku Foreclosure Defense Act
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Harrison, Jones, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Weldon, and Stein
- Entitled
- State Board of Dental Examiners Nomination and Disciplinary Processes - Task Force on the Discipline of Health Care Professionals and Improved Patient Care
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 814
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Costa
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Personal Trainers - Licensing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates King, Costa, Kipke, Miller, and Schuh
- Entitled
- Classroom Placement - Multiple Birth Children - Parental Discretion
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Bromwell, Miller, Weldon, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Procurement - eMaryland Marketplace - Use
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington County - Regulation of Electricians and the Provision of Electrical Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Holmes, Hubbard, and Levi
- Entitled
- Property Tax - Assessment Appeal Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Holmes, Hubbard, and Levi
- Entitled
- Property Tax Assessment Appeals - Due Date for Payment and Stay of Collection
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Holmes, and Hubbard
- Entitled
- Property Tax Assessment Appeals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Subdivision Appeals PG/MC 105-08
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Zoning Appeals PG/MC 119-08
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - People's Zoning Counsel - Appeals PG/MC 118-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Montgomery County - Housing Opportunities Commission - Service Contracts MC 814-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Appeal of Order to Close Place of Business PG 308-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington County - Regulation of Special Events
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Manno and Schuler
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Compensation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Cecil County Delegation
- Entitled
- Cecil County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, V. Clagett, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Holmes, Kullen, Lafferty, Malone, McIntosh, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Stein, Hucker, and Glenn
- Entitled
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate King
- Entitled
- State Board of Security Systems Technicians and Locksmiths - Licensing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McHale
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Mold Remediation Services - Licensing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Valderrama, Vallario, and Lee
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Delegation of Contested Claims to Office of Administrative Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Aumann, Beidle, Bobo, V. Clagett, Kach, Lafferty, Manno, Riley, Rosenberg, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Courts - Nonprofit Associations - Standing to Participate in Governmental Proceedings
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krysiak, Ali, Barve, Bobo, Burns, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Gutierrez, Harrison, Hecht, Hucker, Kirk, Krebs, Lee, Love, Manno, McComas, McHale, McIntosh, Minnick, Shewell, Taylor, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Maryland Individual Tax Preparers Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 1469
Status as of February 27, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Maryland Athletic Trainers Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hucker
- Entitled
- State Department of Transportation - Board of Review - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Respiratory Care Practitioners, Radiation Therapists, Radiographers, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, and Radiologist Assistants - Various Changes
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Howard, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Braveboy, Cane, G. Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kirk, Lafferty, Levi, Malone, McHale, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Riley, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Education - Collective Bargaining - Public School Labor Relations Board
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Vaughn, Feldman, Holmes, Kach, Krysiak, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Home Builders - Sales Representative Registration and Home Builder Guaranty Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1621
Status as of March 14, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dwyer
- Entitled
- Local Jurisdictions - Grading Permits, Building Permits, and Zoning Letters - Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brochin and Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Postconviction Proceeding - Venue
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley and Jones (Task Force to Study Identity Theft) and Senators Conway, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Gladden, Greenip, Jacobs, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Miller, Muse, Peters, Pugh, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Mail Theft - Penalty
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Exum, Currie, and Peters
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Appeal of Order to Close Place of Business
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, DeGrange, Della, Edwards, Garagiola, Jones, Kasemeyer, King, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Miller, Munson, Robey, Stone, Forehand, Jacobs, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Statewide DNA Data Base System - Crimes of Violence and Burglary - Sample Collections on Charge - Postconviction DNA Testing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- 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, Kasemeyer, King, McFadden, Pugh, Robey, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Property Tax Assessment Appeals - Due Date for Payment and Stay of Collection
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- 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
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
- Entitled
- State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, Haines, Jacobs, Miller, and Muse
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Delegation of Contested Claims to Office of Administrative Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brochin, Klausmeier, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Courts - Nonprofit Associations - Standing to Participate in Governmental Proceedings
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brochin
- Entitled
- Courts - Nonprofit Associations and Homeowners Associations - Standing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts with Pharmacies and Pharmacists
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brochin
- Entitled
- Electric Companies - Removal or Clearing of Trees - Notice and Cease and Desist Order
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- State Board of Dental Examiners Nomination and Disciplinary Processes - Task Force on the Discipline of Health Care Professionals and Improved Patient Care
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Colburn, Della, Garagiola, Lenett, Pugh, and Haines
- Entitled
- Maryland Individual Tax Preparers Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- St. Mary's County - Video Gaming Devices - Attorney General to Seek Declaratory Judgment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 844
Status as of February 18, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Conway, Garagiola, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Brochin, Della, Dyson, Exum, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Education - Collective Bargaining - Public School Labor Relations Board
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Regulated Firearms - Applications for Dealer's License - Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Public Education - Bridge to Excellence - Video Lottery Terminals
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 996
Status as of March 12, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- Department of Housing and Community Development - Rent Stabilization Program for Seniors
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Home Builders - Sales Representative Registration and Home Builder Guaranty Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
