2008 Regular Session
Death -see also- Advance Medical Directives; Wrongful Death.
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 31
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush and Hubbard
- Entitled
- State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Elmore
- Entitled
- Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Death of Licensee
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, and Haddaway
- Entitled
- Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- State Postmortem Examiners Commission - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Postmortem Examiners Law
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, DeBoy, Elmore, Haddaway, Hecht, Heller, Kullen, Levy, McDonough, Montgomery, Robinson, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stifler, Stocksdale, Ali, Dumais, and Shank
- Entitled
- Crimes - Child Endangerment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Dumais, McKee, Myers, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Justice's Law
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Holmes, Sossi, and Stein
- Entitled
- Landlord and Tenant - Summary Ejectment - Deceased Tenant
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee and Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Administration - Commercial Drivers' Licenses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters and Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons and Riley
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Criminal Negligence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rudolph, Bartlett, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Hecht, Stull, and Weldon
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Line of Duty Death Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegate Glenn
- Entitled
- Children - Records - Access by the Baltimore City Health Department
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 802
Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Donoghue, Glenn, Jones, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Oaks, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Women's Health - HIV Testing and Infant Mortality Reduction
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McHale, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Shewell, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Hubbard, McDonough, Mizeur, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Anatomical Gift Donor Registry
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frank, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Bromwell, Conaway, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, George, Haddaway, James, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Riley, Schuh, Schuler, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Impallaria, Kirk, and Robinson
- Entitled
- Victims of Crime - Burglary and Crimes of Violence - Civil Immunity
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Conaway
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Self-Defense - Immunity for Use of Physical Force in Defense of Dwelling
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conaway, Elliott, George, Impallaria, Kirk, Riley, Robinson, Schuh, Stocksdale, and Stull
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Self-Defense - Immunity for Use of Physical Force in Defense of Dwelling or Place of Business
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Malone, Aumann, Bromwell, Dwyer, Frank, Kach, Kelly, Kullen, McComas, McConkey, Myers, O'Donnell, Shank, Sossi, Stull, Eckardt, Haddaway, Montgomery, and Shewell
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Failure to Yield Right-of-Way - Penalties for Death or Serious Bodily Injury
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Barkley, Bohanan, Cane, Eckardt, Elmore, Gaines, Griffith, Jones, Levy, Mathias, Proctor, and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Fatality or Life-Threatening Injury - Tests for Alcohol, Drugs, or Controlled Dangerous Substances
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, V. Clagett, Beidle, Bromwell, Love, and Morhaim
- Entitled
- State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Animal Control Facilities - License to Administer Scheduled Drugs to Animals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Staphylococcus Infections - Reporting
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Jacobs, Jones, Lenett, Middleton, and Stone
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Additional Professions and Failure to Report - Penalty
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- 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 Garagiola and Kelley
- Entitled
- Health Care Facility Visitation and Medical Decisions - Domestic Partners
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh and McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Senators Gladden and Jones
- Entitled
- Children - Records - Access by the Baltimore City Health Department
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- 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
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Retirement and Pensions - Election of Benefits - Surviving Spouses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Maryland Anatomical Gift Donor Registry
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Health and Government Operations
