Interstate Affairs

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 59

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  HB 15

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Glenn

  Entitled

  Medical Marijuana - Caregiver - Affirmative Defense

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
  

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  HB 209

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 277

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mitchell, Anderson, Arora, Clippinger, Cluster, Dumais, Glenn, Hubbard, McDermott, B. Robinson, Simmons, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, Washington, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Possession of Firearms - Crimes Committed in Other States

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 238

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 487

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Eckardt, Kipke, V. Turner, and Valentino-Smith

  Entitled

  State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication Technicians, and Electrologists - Licensure and Certification Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 256

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel, Afzali, Anderson, Aumann, Bates, Beidle, Boteler, Bromwell, Carter, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, K. Kelly, Kipke, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, W. Miller, Murphy, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Ready, Serafini, Stifler, Szeliga, and Vitale

  Entitled

  Regulated Firearms - License Issued by Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia - Reciprocity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 266

  Status as of February 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)

  Entitled

  Division of Parole and Probation - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision - Application Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 296

  Status as of March 14, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates S. Robinson, Arora, Conaway, Hucker, A. Kelly, Luedtke, and Washington

  Entitled

  Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 316

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 463

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Costa, Kipke, Hammen, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Kach, A. Kelly, Krebs, McDonough, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Wholesale Distributor Permits - Permit and Application Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 334

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 183

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Costa and Kipke

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - State Board of Pharmacy - Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Pharmacies

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 341

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 366

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Economic Matters Committee

  Entitled

  State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 346

  Status as of March 28, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller)

  Entitled

  Tobacco Products - Tobacco Tax - Exemptions and Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters and Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 387

  Status as of February 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Presidential Elections - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 433

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Beidle, Davis, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Lafferty, Niemann, S. Robinson, Vaughn, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Maryland Common Interest Community Managers Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 443

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 152

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Gaines, Griffith, Hammen, Haynes, Hucker, Jones, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, Hubbard, Reznik, A. Kelly, Oaks, Donoghue, Nathan-Pulliam, Cullison, and Murphy

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 464

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rudolph

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 570

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 510

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Davis, Haddaway-Riccio, Howard, Love, McHale, Schulz, Stifler, Vaughn, Walker, Burns, Hershey, Impallaria, W. Miller, Olszewski, and Schuh

  Entitled

  Other Tobacco Products - Restrictions on Sale, Distribution, and Shipment - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 620

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Oaks, Bates, Bobo, Carter, Costa, Cullison, Donoghue, Eckardt, Feldman, Frank, Gutierrez, Haddaway-Riccio, Harrison, Howard, Hubbard, James, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McIntosh, Mizeur, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, B. Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, V. Turner, Washington, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 683

  Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Simmons

  Entitled

  Electric Vehicles - Use of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes - Reciprocity with Virginia

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 688

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 315

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Costa

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Athletic Trainer Advisory Committee - Education, Supervision, and Administration

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 750

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McDonough

  Entitled

  Public Health - Importation, Release, and Disposal of Wildlife - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 753

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 615

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kach

  Entitled

  Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Permits and Registration Required to Remove and Transport Human Remains

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 754

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 594

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kach

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners - Licenses - Examination Requirements for Dentists and Dental Hygienists

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 824

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 681

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Appointment and Term of Chair

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1056

  Status as of February 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates A. Kelly, Afzali, Beidle, Carr, Cullison, Frush, George, Hubbard, Ivey, Kach, Kipke, Luedtke, Mizeur, Parrott, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, and S. Robinson

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Licensed Midwives

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1207

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 629

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Hammen, Carr, K. Kelly, McHale, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Hubbard, Morhaim, and Clippinger

  Entitled

  State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Licensure of Clinical Professional Art Therapists

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 1215

  Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boteler, Cluster, George, Glass, Hough, Ivey, Kach, McDermott, A. Miller, Myers, Norman, Stukes, Walker, and Weir

  Entitled

  Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses - Acceptance of Courses Approved by Other States

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1223

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 596

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Guzzone

  Entitled

  Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Fully Online Distance Education Programs - Registration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1229

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Szeliga

  Entitled

  State Government - Notaries Public - Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1340

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 634

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Cullison

  Entitled

  Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act - Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1375

  Status as of March 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Transportation)

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Maryland Transportation Authority - Payment of Tolls

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1400

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel and Hammen

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Exceptions from Licensing - Physicians Authorized to Practice Medicine by Another State

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  SB 49

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 167

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Mathias, Middleton, Muse, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Horse Racing - Maryland-Bred Race Fund - Administration

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 120

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller)

  Entitled

  Tobacco Products - Tobacco Tax - Exemptions and Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 132

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 182

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - State Board of Pharmacy - Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Pharmacies

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 133

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 462

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Pharmacy - Wholesale Distributor Permits - Permit and Application Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 180

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Montgomery, Raskin, and Young

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 187

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Finance Committee

  Entitled

  State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 238

  Status as of March 28, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 247

  Status as of March 30, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services)

  Entitled

  Juvenile Law - Juvenile Records - Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 330

  Status as of February 28, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Glassman, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Jacobs, Jennings, Kittleman, Montgomery, and Shank

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Total Maximum Daily Load - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 337

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 486

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication Technicians, and Electrologists - Licensure and Certification Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 372

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Maryland Common Interest Community Managers Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 452

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 509

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Astle, Glassman, Klausmeier, and Pipkin

  Entitled

  Other Tobacco Products - Restrictions on Sale, Distribution, and Shipment - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 518

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Shank

  Entitled

  Procurement - Lower Cost Goods and Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 545

  Status as of April 10, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 78

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  Money Transmitters - Licensing Requirements and Participation in Nationwide Licensing System

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 546

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 254

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  Financial Institutions - Mortgage Lenders and Mortgage Loan Originators

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 618

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jennings

  Entitled

  State Government - Notaries Public - Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 629

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Appointment and Term of Chair

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 640

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 276

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ramirez, Forehand, Manno, Montgomery, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Possession of Firearms - Crimes Committed in Other States

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 736

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Primary and Secondary Education - Online Courses - Acceptance of Courses Approved by Other States

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 738

  Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jennings

  Entitled

  State Real Estate Commission - Regulation of Business Brokers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 839

  Status as of March 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Rosapepe

  Entitled

  College Affordability and Innovation Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 841

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 593

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pinsky

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners - Licenses - Examination Requirements for Dentists and Dental Hygienists

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 843

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 595

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Ferguson, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Fully Online Distance Education Programs - Registration

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 870

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 314

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Athletic Trainer Advisory Committee - Education, Supervision, and Administration

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 895

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 614

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Maryland State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Permits and Registration Required to Remove and Transport Human Remains

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 897

  Status as of March 26, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 969

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 628

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Licensure of Clinical Professional Art Therapists

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 995

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Senators Brinkley, Raskin, Colburn, Currie, Forehand, Jacobs, Jennings, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Madaleno, Mathias, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Robey, Rosapepe, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Medical Marijuana - Caregivers - Certificate of Qualifying Patient

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

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  SB 1003

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 633

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Pugh

  Entitled

  Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act - Revisions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Health and Government Operations