Disabilities -see also- Blind; Deaf; Developmental

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 99

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  HB 37

  Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kullen

  Entitled

  Judges' Retirement System - Disability Retirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 53

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 366

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)

  Entitled

  Human Relations - Substantive Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 68

  Status as of January 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Holmes

  Entitled

  Income Tax Exemption Amounts - Blind and Elderly Individuals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 70

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 656

  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
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 85

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 521

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rice, Holmes, Barnes, Ali, Barkley, Barve, Cardin, Carr, Davis, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Frick, George, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, Kipke, Krebs, Manno, Murphy, Myers, Niemann, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Ross, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Walker

  Entitled

  College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 101

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 487

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 113

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 371

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Hammen, and Oaks

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Long-Term Care Supports and Services - Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 142

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 372

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Insurance - Antifraud Plans

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 158

  Status as of January 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Krebs, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Dwyer, Eckardt, Frank, George, Haddaway, Howard, Miller, Norman, Riley, Shewell, Sossi, Stifler, and Stocksdale

  Entitled

  Fairness in Taxation for Retirees Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 180

  Status as of March 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Bronrott, Kullen, Montgomery, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Hereditary and Congenital Disorders - Newborn Screening

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 192

  Status as of March 16, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shewell, Aumann, Bartlett, Beidle, Boteler, Carr, DeBoy, George, Glenn, Hecht, Heller, Jameson, Kach, Kramer, Krebs, Levy, Love, McComas, McDonough, Miller, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Norman, Riley, Robinson, Serafini, Shank, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Stull, F. Turner, Walkup, and Weir

  Entitled

  Silver Alert Program - Missing Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 250

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 600

  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
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 281

  Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ross, Barnes, Benson, Carr, Costa, Davis, Donoghue, Elliott, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Kullen, Levi, Montgomery, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Riley, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Disability History and Awareness Month - Educational Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
  

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  HB 282

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 386

  Sponsored By

  St. Mary's County Delegation

  Entitled

  St. Mary's County - Adult Public Guardianship Review Board - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 310

  Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 6

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Feldman, Harrison, Jones, Manno, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility - Part-Time Work

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 317

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 504

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Kramer, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Bobo, Bronrott, Conaway, Dumais, Dwyer, Frank, Heller, Hucker, Jennings, Kaiser, Kelly, Lee, Levi, Manno, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Niemann, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Schuler, Shewell, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Taylor, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Aumann, Bartlett, Beidle, Boteler, Carr, DeBoy, George, Glenn, Hecht, Jameson, Kach, Krebs, Levy, Love, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Norman, Riley, Robinson, Serafini, Shank, Stocksdale, Stull, F. Turner, Walkup, and Weir

  Entitled

  Silver Alert Program - Establishment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 325

  Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Hucker, and Mizeur

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Easter Seals Inter-Generational Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 391

  Status as of April 7, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Dumais, Gutierrez, Ivey, Rice, Ross, F. Turner, Frick, Gilchrist, Shank, Murphy, Cardin, Howard, Hixson, Bartlett, Kaiser, Myers, Walker, Olszewski, Stukes, and George

  Entitled

  Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 393

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 300

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Oaks, Reznik, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Discrimination in Employment - Expansion of Disability Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 398

  Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Estates - Disqualification of Persons Convicted of Unlawfully Obtaining Property from Vulnerable Adults

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 417

  Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Benson, Ali, Anderson, Elmore, Gaines, Haynes, Healey, Hixson, Kaiser, Kipke, Malone, Manno, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Reznik, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  State Government - Human Relations - Discrimination by Business Establishments Against Individuals with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 468

  Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bronrott, Carr, Gutierrez, Waldstreicher, Ali, Barve, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Heller, Hixson, Hucker, Kramer, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Reznik, Rice, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 499

  Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Robinson, Boteler, Cane, Hecht, Howard, McComas, McDonough, Montgomery, Shewell, Stocksdale, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Care Facilities - Database of Terminated Employees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 523

  Status as of February 5, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Ross

  Entitled

  Elections - Permanent Absentee Ballot List

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 557

  Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hecht, Beidle, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, Frush, Howard, McDonough, and Schuh

  Entitled

  Nursing Homes - Electronic Monitoring (Vera's Law)

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 559

  Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morhaim

  Entitled

  Procurement - Service Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Participation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 560

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 402

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kramer, Manno, Ramirez, Reznik, Simmons, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Hate Crimes - Prohibitions and Protected Classes - Disability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 563

  Status as of February 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kramer, Barkley, Heller, Kelly, Manno, McComas, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Shank, Smigiel, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Crimes of Violence Against the Elderly or Persons with a Disability - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 566

  Status as of February 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kramer, Kelly, McComas, Ramirez, Shank, Smigiel, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Identity Fraud and Credit Card Crimes Against the Elderly or Persons with a Disability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 689

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 568

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Boteler, Bronrott, Doory, Elmore, Healey, Kramer, Levy, Mathias, McHale, and Montgomery

  Entitled

  CINA, Guardianship, Adoption, Custody, and Visitation - Disability of Parent, Guardian, Custodian, or Party

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 694

  Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Lafferty

  Entitled

  Education - Special Education Services - Children in a Home School Setting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 710

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 608

  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

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  HB 716

  Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood and Bohanan

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Cedar Lane Apartment Renovations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 717

  Status as of February 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais, McComas, Ali, Barkley, Beidle, Doory, Eckardt, Feldman, Haddaway, Ivey, Jameson, Jones, Kullen, Lee, Love, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Custody Determinations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 738

  Status as of February 16, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Cardin

  Entitled

  Elections - Voting System Requirements and Accommodations for Voters with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 762

  Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McIntosh, Anderson, and Doory

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Therapeutic Pool for People with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 807

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Heller

  Entitled

  Homeowners' Property Tax Credit and Renters' Property Tax Credit Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 893

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 428

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Cardin, Olszewski, Rice, Ross, Frick, Ivey, Howard, Kaiser, Walker, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Election Law - Voting Systems - Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 937

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 429

  Sponsored By

  Delegates F. Turner, Beitzel, Cane, DeBoy, Doory, Guzzone, Holmes, Jennings, Kirk, McDonough, McHale, Miller, Minnick, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Rice, Serafini, Stukes, Gilchrist, Howard, and Kaiser

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Retention of Unused Funds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 975

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 703

  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

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  HB 998

  Status as of February 13, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Niemann, Lafferty, Gilchrist, Benson, Carr, V. Clagett, Glenn, Gutierrez, Healey, Hecht, Hucker, Manno, Montgomery, Rosenberg, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Housing - Maryland Building Performance Standards - Minimum Features for Accessibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1031

  Status as of March 16, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Conaway

  Entitled

  Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners - System of Public School Buses Required

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1081

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 707

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones, Bohanan, Branch, Bronrott, G. Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Gaines, Griffith, Haynes, Heller, James, Levy, and Proctor

  Entitled

  Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1188

  Status as of February 16, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gilchrist, Hixson, Ivey, and Kaiser

  Entitled

  Tax Incentives and Benefits - Credits and Subtraction Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1240

  Status as of March 28, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Carter, Glenn, Harrison, Kirk, Oaks, Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Health Disparities Among Minority Children with Learning Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1254

  Status as of March 25, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Manno and Schuler

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Jurisdiction Pending Appeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1433

  Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Love

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care Building Facilities Loan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1451

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 730

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Business and Economic Development) and Delegates Davis, Rudolph, Barkley, Braveboy, Burns, Feldman, Haddaway, Harrison, Hecht, Impallaria, Jameson, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Manno, Mathias, McHale, Miller, Minnick, Stifler, Taylor, Vaughn, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Military Personnel and Service-Disabled Veterans No-Interest Loan Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1455

  Status as of March 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McConkey

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Property Tax - Payment Deferral

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1458

  Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Carter, Dumais, Dwyer, Ramirez, Simmons, Smigiel, Vallario, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Estates - Disqualification - Conviction for Unlawfully Obtaining Property of Vulnerable Adult

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1478

  Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Office of the)

  Entitled

  Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Responsibilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1479

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 471

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Department of Information Technology)

  Entitled

  Board of Directors of the Assistive Technology Loan Program - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1489

  Status as of March 2, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hucker

  Entitled

  Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1495

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 644

  Sponsored By

  Delegates G. Clagett and DeBoy

  Entitled

  State Police Retirement System - Reemployment of Retirees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1520

  Status as of April 6, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Levy (Chair, Charles County Delegation)

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Jaycees Field of Dreams

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1529

  Status as of March 17, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Haddaway and Eckardt

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device - Golf Carts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1558

  Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sophocleus, Carr, Haynes, Howard, Montgomery, Riley, and Shank

  Entitled

  Student Stigma Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  SB 5

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Harrington

  Entitled

  Assisted Housing - Protected Actions - Extended Leases

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 84

  Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 22

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Medicare Coverage and Continuation Coverage - Provisions That Relate to Federal Laws and Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 122

  Status as of March 18, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Maryland Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 150

  Status as of March 18, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Astle, Colburn, Currie, Della, Garagiola, Glassman, Jacobs, Klausmeier, Lenett, Muse, Simonaire, and Stone

  Entitled

  Maryland Uniform Power of Attorney Act - Loretta's Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 160

  Status as of March 3, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Currie, Forehand, and Lenett

  Entitled

  Hereditary and Congenital Disorders - Newborn Screening

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 166

  Status as of February 18, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 183

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 520

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Rosapepe, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Harrington, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Raskin, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 193

  Status as of February 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Exum, Garagiola, Harrington, Klausmeier, Pugh, Simonaire, and Stone

  Entitled

  Commission on the Monitoring of Guardians of Disabled Adults

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 236

  Status as of January 28, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Federal Pensions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 270

  Status as of April 14, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 5

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Kelley, Middleton, Exum, and Garagiola

  Entitled

  Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility - Part-Time Work

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 287

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State or Local Retirement or Pension System - Transfer of Service Credit - Ordinary Disability Retirees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 298

  Status as of February 19, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Simonaire

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Property Tax - Payment Deferral

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 303

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 503

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kramer, Astle, Madaleno, Robey, Rosapepe, Frosh, Gladden, Brochin, Forehand, Haines, Jacobs, Muse, Raskin, Simonaire, and Stone

  Entitled

  Silver Alert Program - Establishment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 360

  Status as of January 30, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Crimes - Elder Abuse - Increased Penalties and Restrictions on Pretrial Release (The John H. Taylor Act)

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 381

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lenett, Astle, Harrington, Pinsky, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2009

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 415

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson and Conway

  Entitled

  Election Law - Voting Systems - Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 527

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kramer, DeGrange, Forehand, Kasemeyer, Madaleno, Munson, Peters, Robey, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Fairness in Taxation for Retirees Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 545

  Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Therapeutic Pool for People with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 564

  Status as of March 16, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Madaleno, Forehand, Lenett, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Habilitative Services - Required Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 591

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  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

• 

  SB 604

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 290

  Sponsored By

  Senator Currie

  Entitled

  Tax Credits for Qualifying Employees with Disabilities - Sunset Extension

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• 

  SB 613

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 567

  Sponsored By

  Senators Gladden, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Kramer, Madaleno, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pipkin, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, Zirkin, and Simonaire

  Entitled

  CINA, Guardianship, Adoption, Custody, and Visitation - Disability of Parent, Guardian, Custodian, or Party

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 643

  Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Brochin, Klausmeier, and Simonaire

  Entitled

  Estates - Disqualification of Persons Convicted of Unlawfully Obtaining Property from Vulnerable Adults

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 656

  Status as of April 2, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Peters, Astle, Colburn, Conway, Dyson, Garagiola, Munson, Rosapepe, Harrington, Harris, Pinsky, Lenett, and Greenip

  Entitled

  Procurement - Service Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Participation

  Committee
  Assignments

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

• 

  SB 670

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 299

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Kelley, and Stone

  Entitled

  Discrimination in Employment - Expansion of Disability Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 733

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Lenett, Peters, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Elections - Permanent Absentee Ballot List

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 737

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Gladden, Muse, and Stone

  Entitled

  State Government - Human Relations - Discrimination by Business Establishments Against Individuals with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 740

  Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Raskin

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Custody Determinations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 759

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 599

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Public Health - Certificates of Death - Nurse Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Judicial Proceedings
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 761

  Status as of May 7, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 308

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Klausmeier, Kramer, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Long-Term Care Supports and Services - Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

• 

  SB 802

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 607

  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

• 

  SB 907

  Status as of February 18, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Muse, Exum, Garagiola, Harrington, and Peters

  Entitled

  Disability History and Awareness Month - Educational Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 918

  Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lenett, Conway, McFadden, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Housing - Maryland Building Performance Standards - Minimum Features for Accessibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 920

  Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators McFadden, Della, and Muse

  Entitled

  Maryland Youth Entrepreneur Connection Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 930

  Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Raskin

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Easter Seals Inter-Generational Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 939

  Status as of March 6, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Mooney

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Individuals with Disabilities - Width of Parking Spaces

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 984

  Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senator Lenett

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Barriers to Voting Rights for Individuals Under Guardianship

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

• 

  SB 1004

  Status as of March 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care Building Facilities Loan

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 1019

  Status as of May 19, 2009: Became Law - Chapter 643

  Sponsored By

  Senators McFadden, Robey, and Munson

  Entitled

  State Police Retirement System - Reemployment of Retirees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• 

  SB 1028

  Status as of March 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Charles County - Jaycees Field of Dreams

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 1031

  Status as of March 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Cedar Lane Apartment Renovations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 1038

  Status as of March 18, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device - Golf Carts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings