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Legislation


1998 Regular Session

Agencies, Offices, and Officials (P1)

Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 55
  • Heard
    FEBRUARY 3
    11:00 a.m.

    HB 31

    Status as of January 21, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegates M. Burns and D. Murphy
    Entitled
    Public Safety Personnel - Death Benefits
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Heard
    JANUARY 20
    1:00 p.m.

    HB 69

    Status as of January 8, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegate M. Burns
    Entitled
    Governor - Pardons and Reprieves
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Heard
    MARCH 5
    11:00 a.m.

    HB 109

    Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Greenip
    Entitled
    Distribution of Lottery Proceeds - Public School Building Construction Aid
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 138

    Status as of February 17, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Gordon
    Entitled
    State Lottery - Prizes - Lump-Sum Payment
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
  • No Hearing
    Scheduled

    HB 158

    Status as of April 6, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Economic and Environmental Affairs

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Leopold, Poole, Kagan, Morgan, and Mossburg
    Entitled
    Gubernatorial Term - Commencement
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 166

    Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 220

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Stull, Elliott, Snodgrass, Poole, Brinkley, Stup, Edwards, Hecht, Donoghue, Workman, McKee, Stocksdale, Klausmeier, Getty, Miller, D. Hughes, Wood, O'Donnell, and V. Mitchell
    Entitled
    Designation - Milk - State Drink
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 184

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 451

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
    Entitled
    Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Deputy Secretaries
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 228

    Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 52

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Aging, Office on)
    Entitled
    Office on Aging - Interagency Committee on Aging Services - Powers and Duties
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Environmental Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 234

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 456

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (Departmental - Lottery)
    Entitled
    State Lottery - Advertisements and Promotions on Lottery Tickets and Publications
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 253

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 459

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Healey (Task Force on Multiracial Designations) and Delegates Patterson, Turner, Bobo, Pendergrass, and Mandel
    Entitled
    State Government - Forms - Racial Identification
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 269

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 574

    Sponsored By
    The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Rawlings, Menes, Frush, Moe, Rudolph, Mandel, Eckardt, McIntosh, Bobo, Clagett, DeCarlo, Dypski, Patterson, Arnick, Benson, Malone, Minnick, and Wood
    Entitled
    State Government - Department of Aging
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Heard
    FEBRUARY 17
    11:00 a.m.

    HB 271

    Status as of February 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Public Television)
    Entitled
    Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission - Personnel Matters
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 305

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 462

    Sponsored By
    Delegates C. Davis and C. Mitchell
    Entitled
    State Lottery - Compensation for Agents
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
    Senate: Finance
  • Heard
    FEBRUARY 17
    11:00 a.m.

    HB 324

    Status as of February 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Rosenberg
    Entitled
    State Government - Expenditure Control Program - Use of Unspent Appropriations
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • No Hearing
    Scheduled

    HB 443

    Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Edwards, Holt, La Vay, Brinkley, Conroy, Bissett, Owings, Jacobs, V. Mitchell, Cadden, Flanagan, Wood, McClenahan, Linton, Baldwin, Malone, Weir, Redmer, McKee, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Bonsack, Bozman, Guns, Slade, Conway, Mossburg, Greenip, Klima, Ports, M. Burns, Morgan, Schade, Rzepkowski, Faulkner, Elliott, Snodgrass, Stup, Getty, Stocksdale, Stull, Harkins, Hecht, Kittleman, and Comeau
    Entitled
    English Language - Formal Recognition
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 523

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 482

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Petzold (Maryland Digital Signature Task Force) and Delegates Rosenberg, Mandel, Heller, Barve, Frank, Goldwater, and Walkup
    Entitled
    Maryland Digital Signature Pilot Program
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 561

    Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Morgan
    Entitled
    Information Technology Reform Act
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Heard
    FEBRUARY 26
    11:00 a.m.

    HB 678

    Status as of February 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Rawlings, Hixson, Arnick, Curran, C. Davis, Dewberry, Harrison, Vallario, Branch, Bonsack, DeCarlo, Franchot, Howard, B. Hughes, Marriott, Malone, Minnick, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, Palumbo, Proctor, Valderrama, Weir, and Wood
    Entitled
    State Lottery Commission - Video Lottery Terminals - Revenues and Funding
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 694

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 501

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Heller (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
    Entitled
    State Treasury - Public Funds - Collateral for Deposits
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
  • Heard
    MARCH 11
    11:00 a.m.

    HB 695

    Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Heller (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
    Entitled
    Treasurer - Staff - Special Appointments
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Heard
    FEBRUARY 25
    1:00 p.m.

    HB 728

    Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

    Sponsored By
    Delegates C. Davis, Marriott, and C. Mitchell
    Entitled
    Distribution of Lottery Proceeds - Compulsive Gambling Treatment Programs
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 748

    Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Cryor
    Entitled
    State Buildings - Pictures and Web Sites - Missing Children and Elderly
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • Heard
    MARCH 6
    1:30 p.m.

    HB 800

    Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Rosenberg
    Entitled
    Urban Revitalization - State Agency Offices - Downtown Locations
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 923

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 718

    Sponsored By
    Delegates E. Burns, R. Baker, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Boston, Branch, Ciliberti, Conroy, Crumlin, Curran, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dypski, Exum, Faulkner, Flanagan, Frank, Fulton, Getty, Harrison, Howard, D. Hughes, Jones, Kach, Kagan, Kirk, Kittleman, Klima, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Minnick, C. Mitchell, Mohorovic, Morgan, Morhaim, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Opara, Poole, Ports, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Watson, Weir, Wood, and Malone
    Entitled
    Task Force to Study the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 939

    Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

    Sponsored By
    Delegates T. Murphy and C. Davis
    Entitled
    State Lottery - Unanticipated Revenues
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 950

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

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Pitkin, Rawlings, Conway, Kopp, McIntosh, Hecht, and Franchot
    Entitled
    Telework and Workforce Development Center Pilot Program
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 983

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 529

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Pitkin, Rawlings, McIntosh, Kopp, Conway, Hecht, and Franchot
    Entitled
    State Personnel - Telecommuting Pilot Program
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
  • Heard
    MARCH 12
    2:00 p.m.

    HB 995

    Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Flanagan, Jacobs, M. Burns, Bissett, Ports, Schade, Kittleman, Morgan, McKee, Kach, Klima, Brinkley, Elliott, La Vay, Stull, Getty, Stocksdale, Beck, Mossburg, and Faulkner
    Entitled
    Payment of Attorneys Fees - Tobacco Litigation
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1052

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 421

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Owings, O'Donnell, M. Burns, Cadden, Hixson, Faulkner, Eckardt, Leopold, Minnick, Kopp, Jacobs, Healey, Vallario, Snodgrass, Pitkin, Conroy, Malone, Love, Edwards, Workman, W. Baker, Greenip, Stocksdale, Harkins, Beck, Brinkley, Rudolph, Rawlings, Rzepkowski, Preis, McKee, Schade, DeCarlo, Ports, Proctor, McClenahan, Stup, Hurson, Mossburg, Donoghue, Goldwater, T. Murphy, Bonsack, Stull, Weir, Slade, Wood, Perry, Conway, Dewberry, Hecht, Palumbo, Cryor, Ciliberti, Poole, Clagett, Taylor, Arnick, McHale, Guns, Benson, Patterson, Morgan, Mandel, Getty, Moe, Bobo, Kagan, and Dobson
    Entitled
    Militia - Honor Guard at Burial Service of Veteran
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1170

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 404

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Pitkin, Baldwin, Beck, Bonsack, Bozman, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, DeCarlo, Exum, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Hecht, Heller, Holt, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Kopp, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Morgan, T. Murphy, Muse, Palumbo, Patterson, Perry, Rawlings, Shriver, and Vallario
    Entitled
    State Dinosaur - Astrodon Johnstoni
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1278

    Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Finifter, Poole, and Slade
    Entitled
    State Government - Excess Real Property
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1299

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 429

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Harrison
    Entitled
    Maryland African American Museum Corporation
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1349

    Status as of April 7, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Exum
    Entitled
    Maryland Stadium Authority - Termination
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Heard
    FEBRUARY 26
    11:00 a.m.

    HJ 3

    Status as of February 20, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    The Speaker (Governor's Salary Commission)
    Entitled
    Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 71

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 577

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Secretary of State)
    Entitled
    Special Police Officers
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 83

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 579

    Sponsored By
    Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Public Television)
    Entitled
    Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission - Personnel Matters
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
    House: Appropriations
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 132

    Status as of March 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

    Sponsored By
    Senators Blount, Green, Munson, Collins, Stone, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Ferguson, and Roesser
    Entitled
    Militia - Honor Guard at Burial Service of Veteran
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 176

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 573

    Sponsored By
    The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Hollinger, Kelley, Green, Collins, Sfikas, Jimeno, Forehand, Stone, Ruben, Boozer, Lawlah, Derr, Van Hollen, Middleton, Hafer, Astle, Bromwell, Della, Dorman, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Trotter, Kasemeyer, McFadden, and Munson
    Entitled
    State Government - Department of Aging
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 197

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 351

    Sponsored By
    Senator Trotter
    Entitled
    State Lottery Commission - Compensation and Reimbursement
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Appropriations
  • No Hearing
    Scheduled

    SB 236

    Status as of March 18, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Economic and Environmental Affairs

    Sponsored By
    Senators Bromwell, Astle, Fry, Colburn, Ferguson, Munson, Derr, and Stone
    Entitled
    English Language - Formal Recognition
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Heard
    MARCH 31
    1:00 p.m.

    SB 267

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

    Sponsored By
    Senator Miller
    Entitled
    Governor - Pardons and Reprieves
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
    House: Judiciary
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 272

    Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 22

    Sponsored By
    Senator Hoffman
    Entitled
    Governor's Office on Volunteerism - Change of Name
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 385

    Status as of March 6, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senator Della
    Entitled
    State Lottery - Compensation for Agents
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Governor Veto

    SB 414

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

    Sponsored By
    Senator Currie (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
    Entitled
    State Treasury - Public Funds - Collateral for Deposits
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
    House: Appropriations
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 415

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 387

    Sponsored By
    Senator Currie (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
    Entitled
    State Treasurer - Permissible Investments - Money Market Mutual Funds
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
    House: Appropriations
  • SB 416

    Status as of April 8, 1998: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

    Sponsored By
    Senator Currie (Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds)
    Entitled
    Treasurer - Staff - Special Appointments
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Appropriations
  • Heard
    APRIL 2
    1:00 p.m.

    SB 489

    Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

    Sponsored By
    Senators Bromwell and Della
    Entitled
    State Lottery - Licensed Agents - Compensation
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Ways and Means
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 520

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 403

    Sponsored By
    Senators McFadden and Dorman
    Entitled
    State Dinosaur - Astrodon Johnstoni
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 522

    Status as of March 5, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senators Dyson and Dorman
    Entitled
    Distribution of Lottery Proceeds - Compulsive Gambling Treatment Programs
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 693

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 420

    Sponsored By
    Senators Blount , Astle, Middleton, Hoffman, Lawlah, Stone, Collins, Ruben, Craig, Currie, Della, Dyson, Green, Hafer, Kelley, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Middlebrooks, Colburn, Munson, and Roesser
    Entitled
    Militia - Honor Guard at Burial Service of Veteran
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 716

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 428

    Sponsored By
    Senators Blount, McFadden, Astle, and Della
    Entitled
    Maryland African American Museum Corporation
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
    House: Economic Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SJ 1

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 1

    Sponsored By
    The President (Governor's Salary Commission)
    Entitled
    Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
    House: Appropriations
  • Passed Legislation

    SJ 12

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 6

    Sponsored By
    Senators Trotter, Blount, Kelley, Currie, Lawlah, Hughes, and McFadden
    Entitled
    Buffalo Soldier Day - February 20
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • Passed Legislation

    SJ 15

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 8

    Sponsored By
    Senator Bromwell
    Entitled
    Dedication of the Parkville Armory in Honor of Chief Warrant Officer Four Melvin Sherr
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    SJ 17

    Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

    Sponsored By
    Senator Jefferies
    Entitled
    The Black Slavery Holocaust Memorial
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
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