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Legislation


1998 Regular Session

FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 78

  • Failed to Pass

    HB 4

    Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Senate Conference Committee Appointed

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Hurson, Taylor, Guns, Busch, Rosenberg, Dewberry, Rawlings, Curran, Vallario, Hixson, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Bonsack, Bozman, Branch, E. Burns, Cadden, Clagett, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Minnick, Morhaim, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Opara, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Pitkin, Poole, Proctor, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Wood, Workman, DeCarlo, Donoghue, McHale, Miller, Boston, Crumlin, Kirk, Eckardt, Mohorovic, Stup, Ciliberti, Klausmeier, D. Hughes, Hubbard, B. Hughes, and Exum
    Entitled
    Children and Families First Health Care Act of 1998
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • 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
  • 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
  • Failed to Pass

    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
  • 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
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 115

    Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 216

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Hubbard
    Entitled
    Office for Children, Youth, and Families - Services to Children with Disabilities - Local Coordinating Councils - Membership
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Environmental Matters
    Senate: Finance
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 141

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 669

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Gordon and Bonsack
    Entitled
    Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfers Between Spouses and Former Spouses
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
  • 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 243

    Status as of February 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Hubbard, Howard, Kopp, Benson, Shriver, Bobo, C. Mitchell, Marriott, B. Hughes, Workman, Rosenberg, Cryor, Pitkin, Proctor, Muse, Bonsack, R. Baker, D. Davis, Patterson, Getty, and McIntosh
    Entitled
    Program for Targeted Incentive Grants for Family Supported Early Childhood Education - Establishment
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • 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 279

    Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Vallario and Turner
    Entitled
    District Court - Criminal Jurisdiction - Child Abduction and Custody Interference
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • 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
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 488

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

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Pendergrass, Exum, Love, Kirk, Krysiak, Kach, and V. Mitchell
    Entitled
    Parent-Child Immunity - Motor Vehicle Cases - Abrogation
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • 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 649

    Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Prince George's County Delegation
    Entitled
    Prince George's County - Employment - Annual Leave for Parents and Legal Guardians of Students PG 414-98
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 663

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

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Heller
    Entitled
    Residential and Nonresidential Child Care Centers - Per Child Rate-Settings
    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
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 786

    Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 270

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Rawlings, Fulton, and Marriott
    Entitled
    Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - St. Ambrose Family Outreach Center
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
  • 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
  • Governor Veto

    HB 916

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

    Sponsored By
    Cecil County Delegation
    Entitled
    Cecil County - Commission for Women
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • 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 993

    Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Petzold
    Entitled
    Education - Students with Disabilities - Review of Services and Placement Decisions of the Office of Administrative Hearings
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1044

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 536

    Sponsored By
    Delegates McIntosh, Cadden, B. Hughes, Branch, Pitkin, and Heller
    Entitled
    State Personnel - Family and Medical Leave
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
    Senate: Finance
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1073

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

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Frush, R. Baker, Beck, Benson, Billings, Bobo, E. Burns, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, Dembrow, Doory, Exum, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Genn, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Harrison, Hecht, Heller, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Kopp, Krysiak, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montague, Morhaim, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosenberg, Shriver, Turner, and Watson
    Entitled
    Maryland Children's Initiative - Tobacco Tax for Children's Health and Learning
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1090

    Status as of March 10, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Cadden, B. Hughes, Kagan, Benson, Kopp, Proctor, Pendergrass, and Bobo
    Entitled
    Commission to Study Paid Family and Medical Leave
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • 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
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1133

    Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 544

    Sponsored By
    Delegates McIntosh, Pitkin, Hecht, Marriott, Kopp, B. Hughes, and Heller
    Entitled
    Child Welfare Workforce Initiative of 1998
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
    Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1164

    Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Montague
    Entitled
    Education - Children in State-Supervised Care
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Ways and Means
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1193

    Status as of March 4, 1998: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Pitkin, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Barve, Beck, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Cadden, Clagett, Comeau, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dypski, Exum, Faulkner, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Kopp, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, C. Mitchell, Montague, Morhaim, T. Murphy, Muse, Oaks, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rzepkowski, Shriver, Turner, Watson, Nathan-Pulliam, E. Burns, and Opara
    Entitled
    Parents' and Employees' Right to Know - Pesticide Applications - Schools and Child Care Centers
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Environmental Matters
  • 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 1284

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

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Frank and Dembrow
    Entitled
    Motor Vehicle Insurance - Excess Liability Coverage - Indemnification
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Economic Matters
  • 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

    HB 1294

    Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Heller
    Entitled
    Residential and Nonresidential Child Care Centers and Nonpublic General Education Schools - Per Child Rate Settings
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1329

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 748

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Finifter
    Entitled
    Estates and Trusts - Corrections - Elective Share for Surviving Spouse - Personal Representatives
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1335

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

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Hurson, Barve, Genn, Gordon, and Kopp
    Entitled
    Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Center for Children and Families
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Appropriations
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
  • Passed Legislation

    HB 1352

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 754

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Eckardt
    Entitled
    Dorchester County - Authority of County Commissioners to Sell Real Property
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1372

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

    Sponsored By
    Delegates Frush, Moe, Pitkin, and Conroy
    Entitled
    Witnesses - Parent-Child Privilege
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Judiciary
  • Failed to Pass

    HB 1388

    Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Delegate Guns
    Entitled
    Childhood Lead Screening - Exemption for Religious Beliefs and Practices
    Committee
    Assignments
    House: Environmental Matters
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • 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 - Duplicative

    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
  • Failed to Pass

    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 196

    Status as of March 3, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

    Sponsored By
    Senator Trotter
    Entitled
    Child Support - Nonpayment - Consequences
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  • 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 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 426

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 609

    Sponsored By
    Senator Kasemeyer
    Entitled
    Residential and Nonresidential Child Care Centers and Nonpublic General Education Schools - Rate Settings
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
    House: Appropriations
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 511

    Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 182

    Sponsored By
    Senators Fry and Baker
    Entitled
    Cecil County - Commission for Women
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Select Committee 10
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
  • 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
  • Failed to Pass

    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 570

    Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

    Sponsored By
    Senator Hafer
    Entitled
    Temporary Cash Assistance - Income Eligibility - Stepparents
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Finance
  • 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
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 598

    Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

    Sponsored By
    Senators Hughes and Hoffman
    Entitled
    Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - St. Ambrose Family Outreach Center
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
    House: Appropriations
  • Failed to Pass

    SB 614

    Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

    Sponsored By
    Senators Van Hollen, Pinsky, McFadden, Ruben, Blount, Currie, Conway, Dorman, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hollinger, Kelley, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Trotter, and Madden
    Entitled
    Maryland Children's Initiative - Tobacco Tax for Children's Health and Learning
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings
  • Passed Legislation

    SB 615

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 622

    Sponsored By
    Senators Van Hollen, Hogan, Frosh, Dorman, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Ruben, and Roesser
    Entitled
    Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Center for Children and Families
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Budget and Taxation
    House: Appropriations
  • 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
  • Governor Veto

    SB 747

    Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

    Sponsored By
    Senator Colburn
    Entitled
    Dorchester County - Authority of County Commissioners to Sell Real Property
    Committee
    Assignments
    Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
    House: Commerce and Government Matters
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