2009 Regular Session
Death -see also- Advance Medical Directives; Wrongful Death.
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 61
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo and Manno
- Entitled
- Health Care Decisions Counseling - Workgroup
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate G. Clagett
- Entitled
- Crimes - Child Endangerment
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Commissions, Programs, and Reports - Revision
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Costa
- Entitled
- Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Sunset Extension and Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons, Bronrott, Conway, DeBoy, Dumais, Eckardt, Montgomery, Riley, Rudolph, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Criminal Negligence
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Benson, Costa, Howard, Hubbard, Kullen, Levi, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Death Certificate - Correction - Notice of Right to Appeal Denial
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach and Olszewski
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Leaving the Scene of an Accident Resulting in Bodily Injury or Death - Mandatory Arrest
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach and Olszewski
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Accidents Resulting in Death - Appearance in Court for Traffic Citations
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krebs, Bates, Boteler, Dwyer, George, Haddaway, Howard, Miller, Riley, Schuh, Sossi, Stifler, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Maryland Death Taxes - Family Property Protection Act
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Harrison
- Entitled
- Insurance Producers - Continuing Education - Funeral Directors and Morticians
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Eckardt, Bromwell, Kipke, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, V. Turner, Weldon, Nathan-Pulliam, Donoghue, Benson, Krebs, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Public Health - Certificates of Death - Nurse Practitioners
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) (Task Force to Combat Driving Under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol) and Delegates Dumais and Bronrott
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Testing of Drivers Involved in Fatal or Life-Threatening Accidents
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frank, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Bromwell, Conaway, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Kirk, Kramer, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Riley, Robinson, Schuh, Schuler, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Anderson
- Entitled
- Victims of Crime - Burglary and Crimes of Violence - Civil Immunity
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Montgomery, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Mental Health Programs and Facilities - Reports of Death
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 478
Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rice, Barkley, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, Feldman, Gilchrist, Levi, Montgomery, Riley, Ross, Stein, Tarrant, Taylor, and Walker
- Entitled
- Task Force on Public Health Risks Linked to Bullying
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Calvert County Delegation
- Entitled
- Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Burial Benefits and Rescue Dive Team
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk and Ivey
- Entitled
- Child Fatality Review - Child Death Review Case Reporting System
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Aumann, Anderson, Barkley, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Branch, G. Clagett, Conaway, Conway, Costa, DeBoy, Eckardt, Frank, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Haynes, James, Jennings, Kach, Krebs, Lafferty, Levy, Malone, Mathias, McComas, McDonough, McHale, Minnick, Morhaim, Olszewski, Robinson, Rudolph, Schuh, Shewell, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stein, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Anderson, Dumais, Frank, Haddaway, Krebs, McComas, Norman, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Fatigued Driving
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Malone, Beitzel, Cane, DeBoy, Mathias, Rudolph, Aumann, Bates, Bohanan, Branch, G. Clagett, Gaines, Guzzone, Jones, Proctor, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Wood
- Entitled
- Emergency Responders - Death Benefits and Funeral Expenses
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelly, Beitzel, Myers, and Schuler
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits for Partially Dependent Individuals - Payment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
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 Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions) and Delegates Aumann, Bates, Branch, Conway, Haynes, Heller, James, and Levy
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Clarification and Simplification
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conaway, Anderson, Boteler, and Kelly
- 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 Conaway, Anderson, Boteler, and Kelly
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Self-Defense - Immunity for Use of Physical Force in Defense of Dwelling
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Dwyer, Eckardt, Frank, George, Haddaway, Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Schuh, Serafini, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Stull
- Entitled
- Justice's Law
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1164
Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Myers, Beitzel, Boteler, Kelly, Krebs, Miller, Serafini, Stifler, Stull, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Transport of a Decedent - Proper Dignity
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1172
Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Myers, Beitzel, Boteler, Eckardt, Frank, Kelly, Krebs, Miller, Serafini, Stifler, Stull, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Postmortem Examiners Commission - Regulations - Transportation of Human Remains
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Ali, Bartlett, Dumais, Frank, Hecht, Kaiser, Lee, Montgomery, Schuler, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Torts - Pets - Injury or Death
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Manno and Schuler
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits - Partially Dependent Individuals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Bronrott, Carr, Donoghue, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Healthy Families Healthy Workplaces Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Holmes
- Entitled
- Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Resident and Park Owner Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
- Entitled
- Public Safety Employees Killed in the Performance of Duties - Department of the Environment Employees - Death Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Barnes, Carter, G. Clagett, Conaway, Dumais, Eckardt, Frank, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Kramer, Lee, Levi, McComas, McConkey, Olszewski, Schuler, Simmons, Smigiel, Valderrama, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Victims' Rights - Fatal Vehicular Accident - Suspension of License
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett and DeBoy
- Entitled
- State Police Retirement System - Reemployment of Retirees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation) and Senators Kasemeyer, McFadden, Robey, Brinkley, Edwards, Jones, King, Kramer, Madaleno, Munson, Peters, Stoltzfus, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Line of Duty Death Benefits - Maryland Transportation Authority Employees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Glassman
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Retention of Deposited Wills by Register of Wills
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Glassman, Colburn, Edwards, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Pugh, and Robey
- Entitled
- Emergency Responders - Death Benefits and Funeral Expenses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
SB 221
Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Health Care Facilities - Disclosures - Use of Life-Sustaining Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) (Task Force to Combat Driving Under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol) and Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Testing of Drivers Involved in Fatal or Life-Threatening Accidents
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators King, Astle, DeGrange, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Raskin, and Robey
- Entitled
- Mortality and Quality Review Committee - Sunset Extension and Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 353
Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators King, Currie, Forehand, Garagiola, Klausmeier, Kramer, Madaleno, Peters, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Task Force on Public Health Risks Linked to Bullying
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Middleton, Mooney, Munson, Muse, Pipkin, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Victims of Crime - Burglary and Crimes of Violence - Civil Immunity
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Klausmeier, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Mental Health Programs and Facilities - Reports of Death
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, King, and Madaleno
- Entitled
- Health - End-of-Life Care Options - Counseling
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Clarification and Simplification
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Accidents Resulting in Death - Appearance in Court for Traffic Citations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Glassman, Middleton, Exum, Garagiola, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Insurance Producers - Continuing Education - Funeral Directors and Morticians
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Glassman, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Mooney, Pipkin, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Maryland Death Taxes - Family Property Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Dyson, and Robey
- Entitled
- Trooper Tobin Triebel Memorial Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Brinkley, Dyson, Robey, Miller, Currie, DeGrange, Edwards, Jones, Kasemeyer, King, McFadden, Munson, Peters, Stoltzfus, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Trooper Tobin Triebel Benefits Memorial Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Staphylococcus Infections - Reporting
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Public Health - Certificates of Death - Nurse Practitioners
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Judicial Proceedings
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Haines
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Driving While Under the Influence of Drugs or Controlled Dangerous Substances
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Colburn, Dyson, Jacobs, Mooney, Rosapepe, Stone, and Harris
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pugh
- Entitled
- Child Fatality Review - Child Death Review Case Reporting System
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Edwards
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation - Death Benefits for Partially Dependent Individuals - Payment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Deceased Retiree's Retirement Application - Medical Board Review
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Fatigued Driving
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators McFadden, Robey, and Munson
- Entitled
- State Police Retirement System - Reemployment of Retirees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- 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
