2009 Regular Session
Constitutional Amendments
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 23
HB 17
Status as of January 14, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway, Eckardt, Smigiel, Sossi, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Legislative Districting - Resident Delegates by County
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Maryland Constitution - Laws Making an Appropriation Made Subject to Petition Referendum
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 284
Status as of January 29, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schuh and Minnick
- Entitled
- Election Law - Legislative Districting and Apportionment Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barnes, Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Dwyer, Levi, McConkey, Ramirez, Schuler, Simmons, Smigiel, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Miller, Bates, Costa, Dwyer, Elmore, George, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, O'Donnell, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Taxpayers' Bill of Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Reznik, Hixson, Ali, Barkley, Barve, Bronrott, Carr, Feldman, Gilchrist, Healey, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Lee, Levy, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Murphy, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, Ross, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting on Election Day
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schuh, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, King, Kipke, Krebs, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Maryland Taxpayer Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Impallaria, Boteler, and McDonough
- Entitled
- Courts - Death Penalty Court
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 889
Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Eckardt, Haddaway, Sossi, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Legislative Districting - Resident Delegates by County
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 925
Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland Personhood Amendment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bromwell
- Entitled
- Video Lottery Terminals - Expansion to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
SB 17
Status as of January 7, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Legislative Districting - Resident Delegates by County
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, Zirkin, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, and Gladden
- Entitled
- Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Simonaire
- Entitled
- State Government - Legislative Furlough Enabling Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 514
Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett, Raskin, Conway, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Middleton, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, and Stone
- Entitled
- Elective Franchise - Registration and Voting on Election Day
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Colburn, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Mooney, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Madaleno
- Entitled
- Higher Education - System and Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris, Kittleman, Jacobs, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Glassman, Greenip, Haines, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Maryland Taxpayer Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Constitution - Laws Making an Appropriation Made Subject to Petition Referendum
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 847
Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Harris
- Entitled
- Election Law - Legislative Districting and Apportionment Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Authorized Resolutions - Spending Mandates - Three-Fifths Vote and Limited Duration Requirement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SJ 1
Status as of February 19, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jacobs
- Entitled
- Maryland Ratification of the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs