Senator Jean W. Roesser
District 15

Status of Legislation
Total Number of Bills: 49

• SB 229

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Dorman, Dyson, Ferguson, Hoffman, Hollinger, Jacobs, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, McFadden, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Holocaust Victims - Inheritance Tax and Income Tax - Insurance Policies

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• SB 345

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 553

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser and Miller

  Entitled

  Election Law - Contributions from State-Funded Entities - Prohibited

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

• SB 346

  Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Roesser

  Entitled

  Spending Affordability Committee - Voting Requirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 490

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 570

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser and Green

  Entitled

  Family Law - Permanency Plan Hearing for Out-of-Home Placement - Opportunity to Speak

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 494

  Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Roesser

  Entitled

  Foster Parents' Bill of Rights of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 496

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Roesser

  Entitled

  Telephone Solicitations - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• SB 497

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Roesser

  Entitled

  Drivers' Schools - Increase of Surety Bond

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

• SB 602

  Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser, Collins, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Insurance Carriers - Compensation of Health Care Practitioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• SB 750

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Roesser

  Entitled

  Campaign Finance Reports - Use of Electronic Medium for Submission

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

• SJ 5

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser and Della

  Entitled

  Task Force on Medical Record Confidentiality

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 122

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 321

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson , Middleton, Astle, Colburn, Hafer, Hooper, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Fair Board - Grants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Ways and Means

• SB 145

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 526

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Kasemeyer, Exum, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Bromwell, Hooper, and Dorman

  Entitled

  Assisted Living Programs - Continuing Care Communities - Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 146

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Baker, Hughes, Mitchell, Forehand, Jimeno, Colburn, Green, Roesser, Lawlah, Stone, Hoffman, Ferguson, and Haines

  Entitled

  Family Law - Domestic Violence - Dating Relationship

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 154

  Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Dorman, Exum, Hooper, Bromwell, Astle, Kelley, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Health Insurance Carriers - Termination of Providers - Notification and Appeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• SB 157

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Collins, Dorman, Green, Jacobs, Blount, Lawlah, Ferguson, Hoffman, Sfikas, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Stone, Conway, Colburn, Bromwell, Astle, Kelley, Forehand, Hooper, Munson, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 188

  Status as of February 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh and Roesser

  Entitled

  Environment - Water Appropriation or Use Permits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

• SB 194

  Status as of April 6, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Failed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Jimeno, Stone, DeGrange, Dyson, Hooper, Harris, Mooney, Ferguson, Madden, Stoltzfus, Collins, Colburn, Hogan, McCabe, Jacobs, Hafer, Munson, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Partial-Birth Abortions - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 224

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, McFadden, Ruben, Madden, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Lawlah, Kelley, Roesser, Dyson, Blount, and Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 230

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 160

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Roesser, Frosh, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Adventist HealthCare

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 232

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 533

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan, Green, Middleton, Blount, Astle, Colburn, Collins, Hoffman, DeGrange, Dorman, Ferguson, Jacobs, Lawlah, Ruben, McFadden, Munson, Neall, Roesser, Mooney, Currie, Hafer, Hooper, and Dyson

  Entitled

  Immunity - State and Local Governments - Year 2000 Litigation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 233

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 330

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan, Roesser, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Germantown Cultural Arts Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 247

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 161

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Green, Hafer, Lawlah, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Hogan, and Currie

  Entitled

  Transportation Services - Fiscal Assistance - Repeal of Termination Provision

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• SB 248

  Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Frosh, Hogan, Roesser, Van Hollen, Currie, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Education - State Funding - Social Security Contributions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 255

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Lawlah, Dyson, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Haines, Mitchell, Blount, Conway, Currie, Dorman, Frosh, Hoffman, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Madden, McCabe, McFadden, Roesser, Stoltzfus, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Drunk Driving - Intoxicated Per Se - Driving While Under the Influence

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 283

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 537

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Hogan, Roesser, Green, Forehand, Pinsky, Kelley, Hollinger, Currie, Kasemeyer, Dorman, Lawlah, Teitelbaum, McFadden, Hoffman, Frosh, McCabe, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Community Colleges - English for Speakers of Other Languages Programs - Funding

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• SB 322

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Harris, Roesser, Kelley, Hoffman, Dorman, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Tobacco Products - Sale by Vending Machines - Distribution of Tokens or Any Other Single Use Nonmonetary Mechanism to Minors

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 350

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 554

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Astle, Exum, Hafer, Kelley, Roesser, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage Determinations and Retroactive Adverse Decisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• SB 354

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Currie (Chairman, Joint Audit Committee) and Senators Hoffman, Astle, Forehand, Hafer, Hogan, Lawlah, Roesser, and Ruben

  Entitled

  Office of Legislative Audits - Private Foundations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

• SB 385

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Harris, Haines, Hooper, Roesser, Mooney, Ferguson, Jacobs, Stoltzfus, Madden, McCabe, and Colburn

  Entitled

  Sales and Use Tax - Elimination of Revenue Surplus

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 386

  Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Harris, Jacobs, Mooney, Hooper, Roesser, McCabe, and Madden

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Campaign Contributions by Persons Awarded Grants from the State "Sunny Day Fund"

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

• SB 387

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 349

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Currie, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Hogan, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, McCabe, Middleton, Neall, Pinsky, Roesser, Ruben, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, Stone, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Exum, Mitchell, and Jacobs

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Administration - Privacy Protection Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

• SB 391

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 561

  

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration) and Senators Dorman, Teitelbaum, Roesser, Collins, Jacobs, Forehand, Van Hollen, Lawlah, Hooper, Hogan, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  School Safety Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 398

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Munson, Van Hollen, Currie, DeGrange, Hoffman, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Neall, Stoltzfus, Ferguson, Hogan, Hooper, McCabe, Jacobs, Harris, Mooney, Roesser, Madden, Frosh, Teitelbaum, Kelley, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Inheritance Tax Rate

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• SB 404

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Ruben, Roesser, and Frosh

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County Historical Society

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 414

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Roesser, and Hogan

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Darnestown Youth Facility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 431

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 564

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller, Astle, Forehand, Harris, Collins, Roesser, Hollinger, Currie, Bromwell, and Green

  Entitled

  Volunteer Health Care Providers and Physicians - Charitable Organizations - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 483

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 569

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della, Roesser, and Dorman

  Entitled

  Life Insurers - Investments

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• SB 502

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Frosh, Ruben, Hogan, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Montgomery County - Bethesda Academy of the Performing Arts Loan of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 503

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Frosh, Ruben, Hogan, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Forehand

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 504

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 185

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Roesser, and Ruben

  Entitled

  Property Tax Credit - Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• SB 559

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Madden, Stoltzfus, Roesser, Mooney, Harris, Hooper, Hafer, Hogan, Munson, Jacobs, Colburn, and McCabe

  Entitled

  Elections - Campaign Finance - Slates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

• SB 562

  Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan, Lawlah, Neall, Astle, DeGrange, Roesser, Baker, Dyson, Bromwell, Munson, Haines, Jacobs, Hooper, Madden, Hafer, Harris, Mooney, Colburn, Stoltzfus, and McCabe

  Entitled

  Income Tax Reduction

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 582

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Third Reading Passed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Frosh, Roesser, Sfikas, Hogan, Forehand, McCabe, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Potomac River Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 624

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 127

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Roesser, Astle, and Dorman

  Entitled

  Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• SB 640

  Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Lawlah, Roesser, Kelley, Jacobs, Ruben, Hollinger, Forehand, Hoffman, Conway, Neall, and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Sexual Offenses - Polygraph Examination of Victims - Prohibited

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 688

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Dyson, Blount, Dorman, Lawlah, Ruben, Green, Stone, Stoltzfus, Hollinger, Astle, Roesser, Jimeno, Currie, DeGrange, Collins, Van Hollen, McFadden, and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Aid to Nonpublic Institutions - Louis L. Goldstein Capital Assistance Matching Grant Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 767

  Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson and Mooney (Frederick County Senators) and Senators Bromwell, Astle, Dorman, Exum, Hafer, Hooper, Kelley, Madden, Roesser, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Electricity - Affiliate Wheeling

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• SJ 1

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 1

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Baker, Green, Hollinger, Hoffman, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Van Hollen, Miller, Astle, Blount, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Della, Dorman, Dyson, Exum, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Hafer, Haines, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kelley, Madden, Mitchell, Mooney, Pinsky, Roesser, Sfikas, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Tobacco Settlement Funds - Medicaid Recoupment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SJ 4

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Teitelbaum, Roesser, Blount, Stone, Collins, Hollinger, Ferguson, Colburn, DeGrange, Hughes, Jacobs, Green, Hooper, Sfikas, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Munson, Neall, Hafer, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Task Force on Microenterprise Development in Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters