Teachers

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 60

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  HB 38

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 487

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Waldstreicher, Branch, Cardin, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, Kipke, Luedtke, A. Miller, Myers, Rosenberg, Ross, Stein, Summers, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Walker

  Entitled

  Nonpublic Schools Participating in State-Funded Education Programs - Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation - Policies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 72

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 397

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 73

  Status as of March 17, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Walker

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - School Buses - Prohibition on Permitting Sitting on Floor or Standing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 176

  Status as of April 12, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 106

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Eckardt

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment of Retirees - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 202

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 322

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kaiser, Bobo, Cane, Carr, Clippinger, Frick, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hixson, Ivey, Luedtke, McIntosh, A. Miller, Reznik, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, F. Turner, Waldstreicher, Washington, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Education - Discrimination Prohibited - Protected Classes

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 303

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stocksdale, Bates, Boteler, and Minnick

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Employee Contribution Rate

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 305

  Status as of February 21, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stocksdale, Bates, Boteler, Elliott, Impallaria, and Krebs

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Vesting and Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 334

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Completing and Submitting an Application for Service Retirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 429

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Simmons and Kramer

  Entitled

  Video Lottery Terminal Revenues - School Construction and Pensions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 461

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Allegany County Delegation

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit - Teachers at State and Local Correctional Facilities for Adults and Juveniles

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 494

  Status as of March 24, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Aumann

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Vesting and Eligibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 525

  Status as of March 7, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg and Ivey

  Entitled

  Public School Personnel - Grounds for Suspension or Dismissal - Ineffectiveness

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 526

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Ivey, Kaiser, and Luedtke

  Entitled

  Education - Public Charter Schools - Hiring of Certificated Employees

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 634

  Status as of April 12, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 136

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Offset - Retiree Health Care Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 683

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 474

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jones, Burns, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Public School Employees - Collective Bargaining Units

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 792

  Status as of March 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, Branch, Carter, George, Oaks, B. Robinson, Tarrant, and Walker

  Entitled

  Baltimore City Public School System - Charter Management Organizations - Amendments to Collective Bargaining Agreements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 812

  Status as of April 7, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kramer, Dumais, Howard, Hucker, Luedtke, Reznik, Simmons, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Public Schools - Dating Violence - Policy and Disciplinary Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 895

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kaiser, Barkley, Carr, Healey, Hucker, Luedtke, Nathan-Pulliam, B. Robinson, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Public Schools - Substitute Teachers - Qualifications, Training, and Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 932

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Proctor, Afzali, Anderson, Aumann, Bates, Beidle, Bohanan, Boteler, Bromwell, Cluster, Conway, Donoghue, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Frush, Gaines, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Haynes, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, James, Jameson, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, McConkey, McHale, W. Miller, Minnick, Mitchell, O'Donnell, Oaks, Parrott, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Rosenberg, Schuh, Schulz, Serafini, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Stukes, Szeliga, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Vitale, Walker, Weir, and Wood

  Entitled

  Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers (BOAST) in Maryland Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 998

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 518

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Valentino-Smith, Boteler, Conaway, Dwyer, K. Kelly, McComas, Minnick, Burns, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, McHale, and Schulz

  Entitled

  Militia - Employment for Military Spouses - Teachers, Health Care Practitioners, and Individuals in Business Occupations and Professions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1061

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kramer, Simmons, Arora, Barkley, Bates, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Howard, Hucker, A. Kelly, Luedtke, A. Miller, Reznik, S. Robinson, Summers, Valderrama, and Vaughn

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Local Educators and Librarians - Local Employer Contributions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1088

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  Audit Responsibilities - State Department of Education, Maryland Higher Education Commission, and State Retirement Agency

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1092

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Prince George's County - Compulsory Public School Attendance - Withdrawing Student Exit Interview PG 406-11

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1155

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Smigiel

  Entitled

  Pension Reform Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1211

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates F. Turner and Serafini

  Entitled

  Employees' Pension System and Teachers' Pension System - Benefits - Eligible Rollover Distributions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1258

  Status as of March 9, 2011: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Branch, Glenn, Gutierrez, Haynes, Oaks, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Age for Compulsory Public School Attendance - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1289

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Serafini

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - State Employees and Teachers - Benefits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1290

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Serafini

  Entitled

  State Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Savings Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1294

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  The Minority Leader

  Entitled

  Deficit Reduction Financing Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1308

  Status as of March 9, 2011: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gilchrist, Frick, Ivey, Kaiser, A. Miller, Ross, and Stukes

  Entitled

  Tax Incentives and Benefits - Credits and Subtraction Modifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1312

  Status as of May 18, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Griffith

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Vested Retirement Allowance - Members and Former Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1317

  Status as of April 1, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Serafini

  Entitled

  State Employees and Teachers - Cash Balance Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1344

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Serafini, Afzali, Aumann, Bates, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hogan, Hough, Impallaria, Krebs, McConkey, W. Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, Stifler, Stocksdale, and Szeliga

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Guaranteed Retirement Income Plan and Retirement Savings Plan

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1355

  Status as of April 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Jameson

  Entitled

  Driving Instructors - Use of Wireless Communication Device

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 6

  Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Optional Retirement Program - State and Participating Governmental Unit Employees - Participation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 87

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 201

  Status as of January 26, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Conway, Ferguson, Jones-Rodwell, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Age for Compulsory Public School Attendance - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 315

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators DeGrange, Brinkley, Currie, Dyson, Glassman, Jacobs, Mathias, McFadden, Peters, and Reilly

  Entitled

  Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers (BOAST) in Maryland Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 347

  Status as of May 10, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 223

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Benson, Conway, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Montgomery, Ramirez, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Impact of Adjunct Faculty on Graduation Rates at Historically Black Institutions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 358

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 452

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jones-Rodwell (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  Audit Responsibilities - State Department of Education, Maryland Higher Education Commission, and State Retirement Agency

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 360

  Status as of February 4, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jones-Rodwell (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Completing and Submitting an Application for Service Retirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 403

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jones-Rodwell (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Offset - Retiree Health Care Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 430

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 473

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Public School Employees - Collective Bargaining Units

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 449

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Ferguson, and Gladden

  Entitled

  Baltimore City Public School System - Charter Management Organizations - Amendments to Collective Bargaining Agreements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 489

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 486

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Kelley, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Montgomery, Pugh, and Young

  Entitled

  Nonpublic Schools Participating in State-Funded Education Programs - Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation - Policies

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 494

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 490

  Sponsored By

  Senator Edwards

  Entitled

  Income Tax Credit - Teachers at State and Local Correctional Facilities for Adults and Juveniles

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 519

  Status as of March 28, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Stone

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - School Buses - Prohibition on Permitting Sitting on Floor or Standing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 608

  Status as of March 14, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Currie, Pugh, and Young

  Entitled

  Public School Personnel - Grounds for Suspension or Dismissal - Ineffectiveness

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 610

  Status as of February 9, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Benson, Currie, King, McFadden, Pugh, and Young

  Entitled

  Education - Public Charter Schools - Hiring of Certificated Employees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 617

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Manno

  Entitled

  Public Schools - Dating Violence - Policy and Disciplinary Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 628

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Miller

  Entitled

  State Health and Retirement Benefits - Public Employees and Retirees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 629

  Status as of March 9, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Brinkley

  Entitled

  Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Local Employer Contributions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 687

  Status as of May 19, 2011: Became Law - Chapter 517

  Sponsored By

  Senator Peters

  Entitled

  Militia - Employment for Military Spouses - Teachers, Health Care Practitioners, and Individuals in Business Occupations and Professions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 735

  Status as of February 16, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Brinkley

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Optional Retirement Program - New Employees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 776

  Status as of March 17, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ferguson

  Entitled

  Parent Empowerment Act of 2011

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 899

  Status as of March 29, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  St. Mary's County - Certificated Public School Employees - Service or Representation Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 943

  Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Muse

  Entitled

  State Board of Education - Student Member - Voting Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 947

  Status as of May 18, 2011: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jones-Rodwell

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Vested Retirement Allowance - Members and Former Members

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 965

  Status as of April 11, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Benson

  Entitled

  Prince George's County - Age for Compulsory Public School Attendance - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 984

  Status as of March 15, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Brinkley

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation and Balancing Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation