ATTORNEY GENERAL

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 42

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  HB 2

  Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Finance

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker and Delegates D. Davis, Doory, Lee, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bromwell, Bronrott, Busch, Cadden, Cane, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, DeBoy, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Griffith, Harrison, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Hurson, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Montgomery, Pendergrass, Proctor, Quinter, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Taylor, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, and Hammen

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 14

  Status as of February 9, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Conroy

  Entitled

  Financial Institutions - Use of Social Security Numbers to Access Account Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 75

  Status as of April 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ramirez, Madaleno, Hixson, Healey, Parker, Hubbard, G. Clagett, Menes, Vaughn, and Conroy

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Statements of Loan Payments Furnished by Lenders

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 124

  Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 242

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Mitchell (Chairman, Joint Audit Committee)

  Entitled

  Attorney General - Prosecution of Criminal Offenses Reported by the Office of Legislative Audits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 255

  Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ramirez, G. Clagett, Conroy, DeBoy, Feldman, Healey, Hixson, Hubbard, Kaiser, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Parker, Parrott, Pendergrass, and Stern

  Entitled

  Identity Fraud Victims Act of 2004

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 269

  Status as of February 25, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Anderson, McIntosh, and Doory

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Imitation Firearms - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 299

  Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Edwards, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Benson, Boschert, Burns, Cardin, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, DeBoy, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Gilleland, Goldwater, Heller, Hixson, Hogan, Hubbard, Hurson, Jones, Kelly, King, Krebs, Lee, Leopold, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Miller, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Niemann, Oaks, O'Donnell, Owings, Parker, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Shank, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stern, Stocksdale, Stull, Taylor, F. Turner, Walkup, Weldon, and Wood

  Entitled

  State Government - Department of Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 349

  Status as of February 9, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Minnick

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Credit Card Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 430

  Status as of February 4, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim and Weldon

  Entitled

  Procurement - Alternative Dispute Resolution Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 445

  Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Budget and Management)

  Entitled

  Department of Budget and Management - Central Collection Unit Employees - Termination Procedures

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 457

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Petzold, Barkley, Heller, Hennessy, Kaiser, Kelley, Lee, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Identity Theft - Venue for Prosecution

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 487

  Status as of March 24, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate V. Clagett

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Telephone Solicitations - Maryland Do-Not-Call Registry

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 519

  Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boutin, Amedori, Bromwell, Goldwater, Hogan, McComas, Oaks, Smigiel, F. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Pharmaceuticals - Marketing - Disclosure and Registration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 556

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 506

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim , Boutin, Hurson, Hammen, Rudolph, Oaks, Murray, Benson, Mandel, Goldwater, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Rosenberg, Pendergrass, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Health Care Decisions - "Patient's Plan of Care" Form - Communication of Patient Preferences

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 557

  Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 356

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim , Boutin, Hurson, Hammen, Oaks, Murray, Benson, Mandel, Goldwater, Nathan-Pulliam, Hubbard, Rosenberg, Pendergrass, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Advance Directive Information Availability Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 671

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 511

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, V. Turner, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Hearings - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 810

  Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 378

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cardin, Aumann, Bobo, Bohanan, Conroy, Dumais, Gaines, Kaiser, King, Lee, Leopold, Love, Parker, and Trueschler

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Household Goods Movers - Receipts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 921

  Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gordon and Conway

  Entitled

  Maryland Gaming Commission Act of 2004

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 929

  Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Petzold, Cryor, Dumais, Goldwater, Jones, Kaiser, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Murray

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 972

  Status as of March 26, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Anderson, Fulton, and Haynes

  Entitled

  Maryland Transit Administration - Regulation of Privatization Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1009

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 526

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Frush (Chairman, Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area) and Delegates Cadden, James, Owings, Walkup, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Busch, Cane, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Gaines, Gilleland, Glassman, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, Jennings, Jones, King, Lee, Leopold, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, McConkey, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Quinter, Ramirez, Ross, Shank, Simmons, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stern, Stull, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, and Weir

  Entitled

  Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Miscellaneous Enforcement Provisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1076

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Carter, Kirk, Oaks, Paige, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Labor and Employment - Employer Requests for Information Relating to an Individual's Arrest Record - Prohibited

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1107

  Status as of April 10, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Weldon , Morhaim, Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Goldwater, Hubbard, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Smigiel, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  State Procurement Law - Revision

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1320

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Quinter, Amedori, Carter, Dumais, Gutierrez, Kelly, Lee, McComas, McMillan, Shank, Simmons, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Maryland Spam Deterrence Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  SB 5

  Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 241

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden (Chairman, Joint Audit Committee) and Senators Hogan, Kramer, Lawlah, Stoltzfus, and Garagiola

  Entitled

  Attorney General - Prosecution of Criminal Offenses Reported by the Office of Legislative Audits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 88

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 437

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Ruben, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 152

  Status as of April 10, 2004: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Mooney, Harris, Jacobs, Munson, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  Family Law - Domestic Violence - Address Confidentiality Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 164

  Status as of April 13, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 29

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Green, and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Acting Attorney General

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 166

  Status as of April 5, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Hollinger, and Green

  Entitled

  Constitutional Amendment - Elected Constitutional Officers - Vacancy

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 188

  Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 425

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Brinkley, Brochin, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Greenip, Hafer, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Middleton, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, Stone, Teitelbaum, and McFadden

  Entitled

  State Government - Department of Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 212

  Status as of February 11, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Procurement - Alternative Dispute Resolution Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 234

  Status as of February 16, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone and Brochin

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Electronic Check Conversion Payments - Notice and Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 257

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 109

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Britt, Brochin, Forehand, Green, Hughes, Jimeno, and Jones

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Identity Theft - Venue for Prosecution

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 352

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger

  Entitled

  Health Care Decisions - "Patient's Plan of Care" Form - Communication of Patient Preferences

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 424

  Status as of March 19, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators McFadden, Jones, and Conway

  Entitled

  Maryland Transit Administration - Regulation of Privatization Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 512

  Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 285

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jimeno, Brochin, Forehand, Garagiola, Giannetti, Green, Haines, Hughes, Jacobs, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 535

  Status as of March 9, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  State Government - Judicial Appointees - Representation by Attorney General

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 562

  Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky and Conway (Study Commission on Public Funding of Campaigns in Maryland)

  Entitled

  Election Law - Public Campaign Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly and for Statewide Offices

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 604

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 470

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola, Brochin, Forehand, Giannetti, Haines, Harris, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Klausmeier, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Maryland Spam Deterrence Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 694

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson (Chairman, Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area) and Senators Grosfeld, Stone, and Frosh

  Entitled

  Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Miscellaneous Enforcement Provisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 837

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 484

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Crimes - Counterfeiting and Possession of Counterfeit Check, Letter of Credit, or Negotiable Instrument

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 920

  Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hughes, Conway, Della, Gladden, and Jones

  Entitled

  State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations