2010 Regular Session
Attorney General
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 58
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway and Eckardt
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A - Distribution to and Possession by Individual Under 21 Years of Age
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
- Entitled
- Family Law - Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, Burns, Conaway, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Kipke, Mizeur, Morhaim, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Robinson, Tarrant, Taylor, 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 Miller, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Minnick, Myers, O'Donnell, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, Walkup, and Wood
- Entitled
- People's Insurance Counsel Division in the Office of the Attorney General - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Governor's Salary Commission)
- Entitled
- Constitutional Officers - Salaries
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
HB 266
Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg and Cardin
- Entitled
- Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates James, Riley, Ali, Barkley, Boteler, Burns, DeBoy, Elmore, Hixson, Kach, Kipke, Lafferty, Love, McDonough, Minnick, Mizeur, Montgomery, Robinson, Rudolph, Shewell, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stukes, F. Turner, Wood, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Jenkins, Krebs, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Procurement - Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Participation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Feldman, and Frick
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Transparency in Consumer Arbitrations Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Anderson, Beidle, Beitzel, Benson, Bobo, Cardin, Carr, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Jones, Kaiser, King, Kramer, Lafferty, Levy, Love, McIntosh, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Walker
- Entitled
- Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary and Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stukes, Glenn, Howard, and Morhaim
- Entitled
- Maryland Transit Administration - Audio Recording Devices on Vehicles Used for Transit Service
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
HB 660
Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate King
- Entitled
- State Officials - Limitation of Terms
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HB 706
Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Costa, Donoghue, Frush, Hammen, Kach, Krebs, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Nursing Facilities - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 767
Status as of March 27, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montgomery, Manno, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Kaiser, Lee, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Security Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lee, Aumann, Barkley, Boteler, Cane, Frick, Glenn, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Kach, Kipke, Montgomery, Pendergrass, Shewell, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Identity Fraud Crimes - Restitution
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 918
Status as of February 24, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kullen
- Entitled
- Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson and Dumais (By Request)
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Newly Discovered Evidence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Hammen, Ivey, Levi, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Commission to Study Streamlining and Increasing the Efficiency of the Procurement Process
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush, Hucker, Barnes, Gaines, Healey, Hubbard, Niemann, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides - Release Reporting
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McIntosh, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, Carr, DeBoy, Dumais, Frick, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Hecht, Howard, Hucker, Kaiser, Kullen, Lafferty, McHale, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Ramirez, Reznik, Riley, and Weir
- Entitled
- Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Feldman
- Entitled
- Maryland Statutory Trust Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montgomery
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Relocation of Charitable Trust Administration Outside of State - Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conaway, Anderson, and Oaks
- Entitled
- Maryland Transit Administration - Police Vehicles - Video Recording Devices
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1086
Status as of March 27, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bartlett, Boteler, Hecht, Hucker, Kaiser, Rice, and Riley
- Entitled
- Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Holmes, Glenn, Healey, Lafferty, Niemann, Sossi, and Stull
- Entitled
- Real Property - Common Ownership Communities - Annual Registration
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mathias, Cane, Conway, Elmore, Rudolph, Haddaway, and Eckardt
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A - Distribution to and Possession by Individual Under 21 Years of Age
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Rosenberg, Glenn, Ali, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Bobo, Carr, Feldman, Gutierrez, Hecht, Holmes, Hubbard, Ivey, Jones, Lee, Levi, Manno, McHale, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Ross, Schuler, Stukes, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ramirez, Gutierrez, Lee, and Simmons
- Entitled
- State Government - Office of the Juvenile Justice Monitor
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Glenn
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Restaurants - Prohibition on Automatic Gratuity
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Tobacco Products - Tax Stamps - Regulations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Eastern Shore Delegation
- Entitled
- Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)
- Entitled
- Department of the Environment - Consolidation and Administration of Environmental Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Minority Leader
- Entitled
- Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages - Changes in Governmental Policies - Moratorium
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Eckardt, Frank, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Krebs, McConkey, McDonough, Miller, Norman, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Articles of Impeachment of Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A - Distribution to and Possession by Individual Under 21 Years of Age
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Secretary of Agriculture - Farm Quarantine
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
House: Ways and Means
SB 133
Status as of January 27, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Currie, Harrington, Jones, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Commission to Study Streamlining and Increasing the Efficiency of the Procurement Process
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Governor's Salary Commission)
- Entitled
- Constitutional Officers - Salaries
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Astle, Colburn, Conway, DeGrange, Garagiola, Harrington, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Lenett, Munson, Pugh, Robey, and Dyson
- Entitled
- Procurement - Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Participation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Maryland False Claims Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Astle, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kittleman, Middleton, Muse, Pugh, and Stone
- Entitled
- Identity Fraud Crimes - Restitution
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Lenett, Currie, Della, Gladden, Harrington, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Middleton, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Maryland False Health Claims Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
House: Judiciary and Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Health Occupations Boards - Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Miller, Klausmeier, Astle, Brochin, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, and Robey
- Entitled
- Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Tobacco Products - Tax Stamps - Regulations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
SB 359
Status as of March 22, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett, Exum, Harrington, King, McFadden, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides - Release Reporting
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, DeGrange, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, Peters, Robey, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Sexually Violent Offender in Need of Commitment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Pugh, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Maryland Health System Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration - Placement of Individuals with Mental Illness - Study
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Astle, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, and Robey
- Entitled
- Nursing Facilities - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Raskin
- Entitled
- Maryland Statutory Trust Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Raskin
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Newly Discovered Evidence
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kittleman, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Dyson, Glassman, Haines, Jacobs, Munson, Reilly, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- State Procurement - Employment of Unauthorized Aliens and the Federal E-Verify Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators DeGrange, Haines, King, Muse, Robey, Stone, Brochin, Jacobs, Mooney, Raskin, Simonaire, Astle, Conway, Currie, Della, Dyson, Exum, Garagiola, Glassman, Harrington, Jones, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Munson, Peters, Pugh, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Crimes - Sex Offenders - Notification, Registration, and Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- State Government - Office of the Juvenile Justice Monitor
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn, Jacobs, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs and Stone
- Entitled
- Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages - Changes in Governmental Policies - Moratorium
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
