2009 Regular Session
Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 64
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway and Eckardt
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Reduction of Speed Limits by Local Authorities - Engineering and Traffic Investigations
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Miller and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Motor Fuel - Below-Cost Sales - Enforcement
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Miller
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Motor Fuel - Below Cost Sales
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Rosenberg, Hucker, Mizeur, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Healey, Hecht, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Montgomery, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Smigiel, Stukes, Taylor, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act of 2009
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Costa, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Jones, Manno, Montgomery, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Loan Originators
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barve, Braveboy, Bronrott, Frush, Griffith, Holmes, Hubbard, Ivey, James, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Rosenberg, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2009
- Committee
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House: Judiciary and Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Feldman, Frick, Lee, Hixson, Rosenberg, Hucker, Mizeur, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Braveboy, Bronrott, Cane, Dumais, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Healey, Hecht, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Manno, McIntosh, Montgomery, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Smigiel, Stukes, Taylor, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act of 2009
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Charles County Delegation
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Lawful Wiretapping - Sexual Offense in the Third Degree
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
HB 502
Status as of March 24, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Miller, Malone, Bromwell, Costa, Kipke, McDonough, and Weldon
- Entitled
- State Procurement - Employment of Unauthorized Aliens and the Federal E-Verify Program
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Stifler
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Elevators - Inspections
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Levi, Anderson, Barnes, Burns, Carr, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Gutierrez, Healey, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Ross, Schuler, F. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Occupational Licenses or Certificates - Criminal Conviction
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Glenn, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kelly, Kirk, Kramer, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Love, Malone, Manno, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Workplace Fraud Act of 2009
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love, Cardin, Costa, Kipke, Lafferty, Montgomery, Simmons, Stein, V. Turner, Kullen, Pena-Melnyk, Nathan-Pulliam, Morhaim, Donoghue, Kach, McDonough, Benson, Tarrant, and Oaks
- Entitled
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Internal Grievance Procedure and Mediation
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Maryland False Claims Act
- Committee
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House: Judiciary and Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Kelly, Myers, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - State Correctional Officers' Bill Of Rights
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
HB 982
Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim and Hammen
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - Licensure of Physician Assistants
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Conaway
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation of Minor on School Premises - Recording Restrictions
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conaway and Anderson
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation of a Minor - Recording Restrictions
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schuler, Bromwell, Cardin, DeBoy, Impallaria, Lafferty, Malone, Minnick, Olszewski, Stein, and Weir
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Fire Fighters' Bill of Rights
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Davis
- Entitled
- Labor and Employment - Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Love
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation - Medical Records - Authorized Disclosures
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Norman, Anderson, Boteler, Holmes, Impallaria, Jennings, McComas, McConkey, Myers, Riley, Shewell, and Stull
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Secondhand Sporting Goods Dealers - Records
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Comprehensive Whistleblower Protections MC/PG 120-09
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Finance
HB 1186
Status as of March 4, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Manno, Hucker, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, V. Clagett, Conaway, Doory, Frush, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Ivey, Lafferty, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Rosenberg, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Security Act of 2009
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gutierrez and Ramirez
- Entitled
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact - Governance and Finance
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter, Anderson, Barnes, Dumais, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Schuler, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Juvenile Proceedings - Expungement of Criminal Charge Transferred to Juvenile Court
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1232
Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Waldstreicher, Doory, Dumais, Montgomery, Oaks, Reznik, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Walker
- Entitled
- State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Carter, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Glenn, Haddaway, Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, Myers, Norman, Schuh, Serafini, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Waldstreicher, Walkup, and Wood
- Entitled
- Protection of Children from Online Predators Act of 2009
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
HB 1275
Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Health Occupations Boards - Revisions
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Bronrott, Carr, Donoghue, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Healthy Families Healthy Workplaces Act
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Employment and Compensation of Election Judges
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Sexual Offenders - Homeless Registrants and Supervision
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Krysiak
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation Commission - Authority - Employer Compliance
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1476
Status as of March 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Health Program Integrity and Recovery Act of 2009
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators DeGrange and Astle
- Entitled
- Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors - Required Records
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Reduction of Speed Limits by Local Authorities - Engineering and Traffic Investigations
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Budget and Management)
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Maryland Whistleblower Law - Confidentiality of Information Obtained During Investigations of Complaints
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Astle, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Della, Dyson, Forehand, Glassman, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, Middleton, Robey, and Stone
- Entitled
- Child Protection - Mandatory Reporting of Children Regularly in Contact with Persons Convicted of Child Sexual Abuse
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Astle, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Harrington, Kelley, King, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act of 2009
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Lenett, Brochin, Forehand, Gladden, Muse, Raskin, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act of 2009
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Kelley and Middleton
- Entitled
- Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Loan Originators
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Harrington, Lenett, Madaleno, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, and Forehand
- Entitled
- Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2009
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Astle, Della, Exum, Glassman, Kelley, Klausmeier, Middleton, Pipkin, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Composition and Executive Director
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Family Law - Adoption of an Adult
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety - Inspections
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kittleman, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Harris, Jacobs, Mooney, and Pipkin
- Entitled
- Procurement - Living Wage - Repeal
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
SB 696
Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kittleman
- Entitled
- State Procurement - Employment of Unauthorized Aliens and the Federal E-Verify Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 734
Status as of April 9, 2009: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin and Frosh
- Entitled
- State Board of Physicians - Subpoenas - Medical Records for Mental Health Services
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Maryland False Claims Act
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Muse, Jacobs, Mooney, and Stone
- Entitled
- Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Discovery and Admissibility of Allegations
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Middleton, McFadden, Pipkin, Rosapepe, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Haines, Harrington, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Simonaire, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - New Electric Generation Facilities - Rate Regulation and Contracts
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky
- Entitled
- Maryland Health System Act of 2009
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- Protection of Children from Online Predators Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Fire Fighters' Bill of Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Kelley, Raskin, Currie, Forehand, Gladden, Harrington, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Workplace Fraud Act of 2009
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Pugh, Astle, Currie, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Peters, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Labor and Employment - Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 956
Status as of March 9, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Health Occupations Boards - Revisions
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- State Retirement and Pension System - Deceased Retiree's Retirement Application - Medical Board Review
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 987
Status as of April 10, 2009: Bill is in the House - Favorable with Amendments Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Exum
- Entitled
- Workers' Compensation Commission - Authority - Employer Compliance
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pugh
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Prohibition on Terminating Gas and Electric Service - Residential Customers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 1053
Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brochin, Della, Frosh, Klausmeier, and Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Strip Search or Body Cavity Search of an Arrestee - Restrictions
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
