HOUSE BILL 2

Sponsored By:

The Speaker and Delegates Hurson, Kittleman, and Montague (Special Study Commission on the Maryland Public Ethics Law) and Delegates Arnick, Busch, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, Bobo, Bozman, Cadden, Dypski, Franchot, Giannetti, Goldwater, Hammen, Hecht, Hubers, James, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Krysiak, Malone, Mandel, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Rosso, Rudolph, Shriver, Sophocleus, Clagett, Riley, Bronrott, DeCarlo, Glassman, Parrott, and Brinkley

Entitled:

Ethics Law - Use of Prestige of Office

Synopsis:

Making applicable to all State officials the provision of the Maryland Public Ethics Law that prohibits the intentional use of an official's prestige of office for personal gain or that of another; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

09/9

Pre-filed

1/13

First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

1/20

Hearing 2/2 at 6:30 p.m.

3/15

Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters

3/16

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/18

Special Order 3/19 (Delegate Flanagan) Adopted

3/19

Third Reading Passed (137-0)

4/6

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (133-2)

Passed Enrolled

5/27

Signed by the Governor Chapter 599

Senate Action

3/22

First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

4/5

Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/6

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-1)

Sponsored by:

Speaker of the House of Delegates

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Ethics Law, Special Study Comm. on the MD Public

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate Nancy Hubers, District 6

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Verna Jones, District 44

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate Robert H. Kittleman, District 14B

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate Mary Rosso, District 31

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ETHICS

PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- TREASURERS

STATE EMPLOYEES -see also- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Bill affects the following Statute:

State Government

( 15-506 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 396772/2 (PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 1999   at: 10:10 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 164625/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 5, 1999   at: 8:15 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 19, 1999: Third Reading Passed (137-0)

April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (133-2)

Senate

April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (45-1)