Marriage

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 19

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  HB 43

  Status as of February 12, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Benson

  Entitled

  International Marriage Brokers - Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 130

  Status as of April 2, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conaway and Vallario

  Entitled

  Marriage Ceremonies - Performance by Tax Court Judges

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 351

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barnes, McIntosh, Kaiser, Mizeur, Schuler, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Lee, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Stukes, F. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 459

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 505

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee

  Entitled

  State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Sunset Extension and Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 631

  Status as of January 31, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Ali, Guzzone, Montgomery, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Family Law - Change Term "Marriage" to "Civil Marriage"

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 848

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Schuler

  Entitled

  Family Law - Domestic Partnerships

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1112

  Status as of February 8, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dumais

  Entitled

  Family Law - Civil Unions - Establishment, Rights, and Responsibilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1140

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 233

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kullen, Eckardt, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Nurse Practitioners - Authority to Certify

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1174

  Status as of February 8, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais and Doory

  Entitled

  Domestic Partnerships - Establishment and Rules of Interpretation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1345

  Status as of February 8, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Schuh, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Wood

  Entitled

  Maryland's Marriage Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1568

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway, Aumann, Bates, Beidle, Benson, Braveboy, Carter, V. Clagett, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Levi, Love, McComas, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Robinson, Shewell, Stifler, Stocksdale, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Walkup

  Entitled

  International Marriage Brokers - Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  SB 168

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Greenip, Colburn, Haines, Mooney, Muse, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Family Law - Covenant Marriage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 169

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading 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
  

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  SB 280

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Marriage Ceremonies - Authorized Officials - Retired Clerks

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 290

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Madaleno, Raskin, Forehand, Gladden, Kramer, Lenett, McFadden, Pinsky, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 502

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  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

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  SB 689

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin and Madaleno

  Entitled

  Family Law - Domestic Partnerships

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 889

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 232

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Nurse Practitioners - Authority to Certify

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 1010

  Status as of March 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh and Forehand

  Entitled

  International Marriage Brokers - Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance