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Legislation


1998 Regular Session

Family Law (D4)

Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 58
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 9

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 350

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Hecht, Menes, Grosfeld, Taylor, Vallario, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Busch, Guns, Hixson, Harrison, Kopp, Arnick, W. Baker, Benson, Billings, Bozman, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Doory, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Goldwater, Howard, Jones, Kagan, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Weir, and Workman
    Entitled
    Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Domestic Violence
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 11

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Holt
    Entitled
    Family Law - Residential Child Care Facilities
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Environmental Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 17

    Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Arnick
    Entitled
    Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Abuse
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 33

    Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Arnick
    Entitled
    Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Waiting Period
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Governor Veto

    HB 35

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Grosfeld and Kopp
    Entitled
    Foster Care Review Boards - Permanency Plan Review Hearings - Written Reports
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 40

    Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Grosfeld, Menes, Turner, and Genn
    Entitled
    Child Support Guidelines - Determination of Child Support Obligation - Child Care Expenses
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 41

    Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Grosfeld, Turner, and Jacobs
    Entitled
    Child Support Guidelines - Determination of Child Support Obligation - Private Instruction or Tutoring
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Heard
    APRIL 1
    1:00 p.m.

    HB 42

    Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Grosfeld, Preis, T. Murphy, and Turner
    Entitled
    Family Law - Award of Expenses
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 59

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 406

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Campbell
    Entitled
    Child Abuse or Neglect - - Disclosure of Information
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 64

    Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Workman
    Entitled
    Family Law - Duty to Support Adult Child - Secondary School
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 79

    Status as of February 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Workman and Taylor
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Support - Secondary and Postsecondary Education
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 183

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Human Resources)
    Entitled
    Family Law - Reports of Child Abuse or Neglect - Attorneys
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 189

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Menes, Doory, Cadden, Conroy, Frush, Goldwater, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, B. Hughes, Kopp, Love, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Petzold, Pitkin, and Snodgrass
    Entitled
    Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - First Degree Murder
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 214

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 679

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Turner, Perry, Pendergrass, Grosfeld, Mandel, Marriott, C. Mitchell, Oaks, Snodgrass, Hecht, Proctor, Frush, Kagan, Patterson, Muse, Petzold, E. Burns, Bonsack, Bobo, Faulkner, Conroy, Montague, Cryor, Shriver, Love, M. Burns, Genn, Menes, Pitkin, Cadden, Hubbard, Crumlin, Preis, McIntosh, Bissett, Jacobs, Krysiak, Dembrow, Kirk, Nathan-Pulliam, Watson, Malone, Branch, Fulton, Mossburg, Ciliberti, Frank, Finifter, Klausmeier, Hurson, Workman, Edwards, McKee, B. Hughes, Heller, Howard, Gordon, Hixson, Stup, Donoghue, Palumbo, Holt, Hutchins, Comeau, R. Baker, Valderrama, D. Davis, Benson, Miller, Hammen, Dewberry, Boston, Dypski, and Doory
    Entitled
    Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services and Access to Birth and Adoption Records
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 246

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Hubbard
    Entitled
    Support Enforcement - Contempt
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 310

    Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Vallario (Commission on Uniform State Laws)
    Entitled
    Maryland Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 339

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 685

    Sponsored By
    Delegates O'Donnell, Bissett, M. Burns, Jacobs, D. Murphy, and Hutchins
    Entitled
    Family Law - Domestic Violence - Penalties
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 371

    Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Dembrow, B. Hughes, Brinkley, Pitkin, Doory, Hixson, Kagan, Howard, Cadden, Petzold, Grosfeld, DeCarlo, Finifter, Barve, Frank, Franchot, Minnick, Dypski, Leopold, Genn, Conroy, Comeau, Morhaim, Valderrama, Kopp, Billings, Edwards, Love, Owings, Flanagan, Patterson, Harkins, Healey, Preis, Kittleman, Getty, McHale, Menes, E. Burns, Faulkner, Ciliberti, Hubbard, Cryor, and Baldwin
    Entitled
    Child Protection Act of 1998
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 403

    Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Washington County Delegation
    Entitled
    Child Support Enforcement Demonstration Site - Conciliation Conferences
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 415

    Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Rosenberg, Finifter, McIntosh, and Turner
    Entitled
    Divorce and Annulment - Removal of Barriers to Remarriage
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 425

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Dembrow, Montague, Genn, Dypski, Fulton, Faulkner, E. Burns, Perry, O'Donnell, Workman, Valderrama, Palumbo, Bissett, and Frank
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Custody - Rebuttable Presumption of Joint Legal Custody
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 467

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Benson and Crumlin
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Sexual Abuse - Criminal Proceedings
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 590

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 639

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Goldwater, Grosfeld, Krysiak, Redmer, T. Murphy, and Perry
    Entitled
    Child Abuse - Out of Court Statements - Nurses
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 605

    Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Montague, R. Baker, Doory, and T. Murphy
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Support - Date of Award
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 662

    Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Morhaim
    Entitled
    Youth Camp Certification - Days of Operation
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Environmental Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 744

    Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Petzold and Doory
    Entitled
    Informal Child Care Providers - Criminal History Records Check
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 807

    Status as of March 19, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Montague and Hubbard
    Entitled
    Support Enforcement - Contempt
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 856

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Krysiak, Goldwater, T. Murphy, Perry, and Grosfeld
    Entitled
    Child Abuse - Out of Court Statements
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 941

    Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Palumbo and E. Burns
    Entitled
    Child Custody and Visitation - Child Abduction
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1008

    Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Workman and Hecht
    Entitled
    Family Law - Protective Orders - Petitioner Assistance
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1083

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Redmer
    Entitled
    Child Abuse - Admission of Out of Court Statements
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1093

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 539

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Montague, Menes, Comeau, Hubbard, Turner, Genn, Jones, Grosfeld, R. Baker, E. Burns, Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Dembrow, B. Hughes, Brinkley, Pitkin, Doory, Hixson, Kagan, Howard, Cadden, Petzold, DeCarlo, Finifter, Barve, Frank, Franchot, Minnick, Dypski, Leopold, Conroy, Morhaim, Valderrama, Kopp, Billings, Edwards, Love, Owings, Flanagan, Patterson, Harkins, Healey, Preis, Kittleman, Getty, McHale, Faulkner, Ciliberti, Cryor, Baldwin, Frush, Goldwater, Hecht, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, and Snodgrass
    Entitled
    Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placements
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1259

    Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Grosfeld
    Entitled
    Protection of Marriages
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1282

    Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Conroy, Perry, C. Mitchell, and Hubbard
    Entitled
    Family Law - Marital Property - Transfer of Ownership Interests in Benefit Plans
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1285

    Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Frank
    Entitled
    Family Law - Parenting Time
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 26

    Status as of April 8, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Senators Green, Forehand, Madden, Haines, Kelley, Hollinger, Colburn, and Middleton
    Entitled
    Support Enforcement - Contempt
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Governor Veto

    SB 43

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor

    Sponsored By
    Senator Haines
    Entitled
    Family Law - Domestic Violence - Penalties
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 46

    Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Senators Forehand and Della
    Entitled
    Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Murder or Voluntary Manslaughter
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Heard
    APRIL 2
    1:00 p.m.

    SB 73

    Status as of March 19, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Children, Youth and Families) and Senator Forehand
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Notification of Out-of-State Agencies
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 97

    Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Boozer
    Entitled
    Juvenile Causes - Child in Need of Assistance - Review Hearings
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Heard
    MARCH 5
    1:00 p.m.

    SB 114

    Status as of February 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senators Kelley, Blount, Hoffman, Pinsky, Roesser, Stone, Forehand, Miller, Trotter, and Conway
    Entitled
    Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services and Access to Birth and Adoption Records
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 194

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 349

    Sponsored By
    Senators Kelley, Forehand, Hoffman, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Trotter, Conway, Jimeno, Middleton, Colburn, Teitelbaum, Middlebrooks, Currie, Frosh, Hollinger, Lawlah, Van Hollen, and Hughes
    Entitled
    Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Domestic Violence
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 265

    Status as of February 24, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Miller
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Support - Secondary Education
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 276

    Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Forehand
    Entitled
    Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry - Disclosure of Nonidentifying Information
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 349

    Status as of April 1, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

    Sponsored By
    Senator Hoffman
    Entitled
    Youth Camp Certification - Days of Operation
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Environmental Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 353

    Status as of March 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Hoffman
    Entitled
    Divorce and Annulment - Removal of Barriers to Remarriage
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 382

    Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration) and Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Forehand, Kelley, Hoffman, Hogan, Roesser, Hollinger, Van Hollen, Dorman, Teitelbaum, Boozer, Bromwell, Della, Stone, Sfikas, and McCabe
    Entitled
    Child Protection Act of 1998
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 397

    Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

    Sponsored By
    Senator Collins
    Entitled
    Family Law - Residential Child Care Facilities
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 425

    Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Senator Hafer
    Entitled
    Foster Care - Child Support Obligations
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 529

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 405

    Sponsored By
    Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration)
    Entitled
    Child Abuse or Neglect - Disclosure of Information
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 540

    Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Ferguson (By Request)
    Entitled
    Family Law - Temporary Ex Parte Orders
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • SB 560

    Status as of April 5, 1998: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

    Sponsored By
    Senator Baker , Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration), Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Forehand, Kelley, Hoffman, Hogan, Roesser, Hollinger, Van Hollen, Dorman, Teitelbaum, Boozer, Bromwell, Della, Stone, Sfikas, McCabe, and Colburn
    Entitled
    Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placements
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 565

    Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Senators Colburn and Haines
    Entitled
    Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Marriages - Invalidity
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 571

    Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Hafer
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Custody - Rebuttable Presumption of Joint Legal Custody
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 572

    Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Hafer
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Support Guidelines - Work-Related Child Care Expenses
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 611

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 621

    Sponsored By
    Senator Van Hollen
    Entitled
    Foster Care Review Boards - Permanency Plan Review Hearings - Written Reports
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 648

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 629

    Sponsored By
    Senators Van Hollen, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Kelley, and Middlebrooks
    Entitled
    Child Protection Act
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 677

    Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Senator Middlebrooks
    Entitled
    Family Law - Child Support - Incarceration of Obligor
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
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