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Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 104

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  HB 8

  Status as of May 12, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Vallario, Arnick, Busch, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Hurson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, and Wood

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 19

  Status as of February 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Owings (By Request)

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Trade Names - Deceptive Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 20

  Status as of February 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Owings (By Request)

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Telephone and Mail Solicitation Privacy Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 29

  Status as of February 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hixson

  Entitled

  Advisory Commission on Internet Privacy

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 40

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

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Health Care Access and Cost Commission - Modifications and Clarifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 42

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 200

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Secretary of State)

  Entitled

  Condominium Warranties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 43

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 602

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Standard Policy Provisions - Task Force to Study the Non-Group Health Insurance Market

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 49

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 70

  Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)

  Entitled

  Hospice Facilities and Hospice Care Programs - Inspections

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 86

  Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Leopold, Cadden, McKee, Rosso, Clagett, Hubbard, Heller, Love, Pendergrass, Pitkin, D'Amato, and Mohorovic

  Entitled

  Real Property - Sales of Homes - Disclosure Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 97

  Status as of February 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Fulton

  Entitled

  Tow Truck Services - Regulation of Towing Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 106

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 66

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Brown, Kagan, Moe, Frush, Hill, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Maryland Condominium Act - Disclosure Requirements - Public Offering Statement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 118

  Status as of February 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Moe, R. Baker, Benson, Frush, Griffith, Brown, Bobo, Mandel, Palumbo, Patterson, Pitkin, Shriver, Sophocleus, and Swain

  Entitled

  Financial Institutions - Automated Teller Machines - Surcharges

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 126

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 605

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Guns, Arnick, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Steam Heating Companies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 138

  Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Insurance - Property and Casualty - Refusal to Issue or Renew - Geographic Area

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 139

  Status as of April 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 71

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Penalties and Unfair Claims Settlement Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 161

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 610

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Pendergrass, and Bobo

  Entitled

  Real Property - Sale of New Homes - Disclosure of Environmental Hazards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 182

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 120

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Goldwater, R. Baker, Bobo, Conroy, D. Davis, Edwards, Frush, Guns, Hecht, Hubbard, Hubers, Mandel, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pitkin, Turner, Weir, K. Kelly, Barve, Brown, Busch, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Gordon, Harrison, Hill, Kach, J. Kelly, Kirk, Krysiak, La Vay, Love, McClenahan, McHale, Minnick, Mitchell, Moe, Pendergrass, , Walkup, Barkley, Carlson, and Stern

  Entitled

  Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 211

  Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Clagett, Dembrow, Love, and Owings

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Trade Names - Deceptive Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 218

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Arnick, Owings, Stull, Weir, Kach, Elliott, Finifter, Zirkin, and Bronrott

  Entitled

  Maryland Opticians Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 267

  Status as of February 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Doory, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Menes, Rosenberg, McIntosh, Burns, Zirkin, Petzold, Barkley, Dobson, and Marriott

  Entitled

  Handguns - Child Resistance Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 272

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Conroy, Hubbard, Brown, McClenahan, Moe, Patterson, Hill, Krysiak, Love, Pendergrass, Barve, and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Travel Agents - Bonding Requirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 288

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Finifter, Fulton, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  State Board of Home Inspectors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 331

  Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Love, Rosso, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Industrial Hygiene Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 335

  Status as of February 17, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, DeCarlo, Clagett, Dembrow, Frush, Bobo, Mandel, Oaks, Hammen, Stull, Cane, Mohorovic, Pendergrass, and Sher

  Entitled

  Electric Utility Restructuring - Prior Approval

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 346

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Donoghue

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 350

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 226

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stern, Barkley, Bronrott, Brown, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, D'Amato, D. Davis, Dypski, Griffith, Grosfeld, Healey, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, V. Jones, Kopp, Marriott, Menes, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Pitkin, Proctor, Riley, Rosenberg, Rosso, Sophocleus, Valderrama, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Task Force on Food Allergies and Restaurant Patrons

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 359

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hammen and Hubbard

  Entitled

  Assisted Living Programs - Continuing Care Communities - Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 371

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve and Love

  Entitled

  Insurance - Premium Financing - Discrimination

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 372

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 628

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve and Love

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Rental Companies - Authority to Sell or Offer Insurance to Renters

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 427

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 634

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Krysiak

  Entitled

  Mortgage Lending - Private Mortgage Insurance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 438

  Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Krysiak, La Vay, Kirk, and Dembrow

  Entitled

  Maryland Real Estate Time-Sharing Act - Promotional Devices - Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 476

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Pitkin, R. Baker, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Carlson, Clagett, Cryor, D. Davis, Dembrow, Edwards, Franchot, Grosfeld, Kopp, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hurson, V. Jones, Kagan, K. Kelly, Krysiak, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Shriver, Stern, and Turner

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Universal Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 484

  Status as of February 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hubbard

  Entitled

  Community Based Health Agencies - Licensure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 512

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Weir, Malone, and Moe

  Entitled

  Sprinkler Systems - New Single-Family Residential Dwellings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 578

  Status as of March 27, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Billings, Benson, Frush, Grosfeld, Hubbard, Mandel, Oaks, Pitkin, and Bobo

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection and Electric Utility Restructuring Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 595

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 645

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Malone

  Entitled

  Maryland Vehicle Law - Equipment Standards

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 620

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 258

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan

  Entitled

  Time-Shares - Sale of Foreclosed Time-Shares by Associations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 666

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass and Mitchell

  Entitled

  Telephone Solicitations by Merchants - Restrictions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 673

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 654

  Sponsored By

  Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations

  Entitled

  Real Property - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Disclosure of Deferred Charges MC/PG 17-99

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 703

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 4

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Guns, Hixson, Hurson, Howard, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, and Wood

  Entitled

  Electric Utility Industry Restructuring

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 705

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 657

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Guns, Hammen, and Cane

  Entitled

  Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Quality of Care and Performance Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 747

  Status as of April 7, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Linton

  Entitled

  Electric Utility Tax Reform - Maryland Electric Competition Credits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 767

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 268

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McHale, Nathan-Pulliam, Barve, Love, Kagan, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 833

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Liability of Insurer for Costs and Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 873

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Barkley, Benson, Bozman, Bronrott, Cane, Clagett, Conroy, D'Amato, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dypski, Finifter, Frush, Glassman, Goldwater, Healey, Heller, Howard, Hutchins, Kagan, Hubers, Cryor, Bobo, Hecht, Kirk, Kopp, Mandel, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Phillips, Pitkin, Rawlings, Riley, Rudolph, Rzepkowski, Slade, Snodgrass, Sophocleus, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, A. Jones, and Wood

  Entitled

  Telemarketing Registration and Fraud Prevention Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 879

  Status as of March 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kagan and Minnick

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Credit Cards - Confirmation of Change of Address

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 880

  Status as of March 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kagan and Minnick

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Consumer Reporting Agencies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 887

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Fulton

  Entitled

  Food Labeling and Synthetic Bovine Growth Hormone Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 896

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Fulton and Branch

  Entitled

  State Board of Home Inspectors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 924

  Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Minnick

  Entitled

  Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Insurance Agreements - Disclosure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 931

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Goldwater, Eckardt, Love, Donoghue, McClenahan, Pendergrass, and Bobo

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 946

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, Benson, Bronrott, Dobson, Dypski, Grosfeld, A. Jones, Mandel, Marriott, Menes, Montague, Moe, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Stern, Swain, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Check Cashing Service

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 952

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, R. Baker, Benson, Bronrott, DeCarlo, Dypski, Grosfeld, A. Jones, Kagan, Mandel, Marriott, Menes, Montague, Moe, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Riley, Rosso, Swain, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Banking Institutions - Basic Banking Accounts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 960

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 544

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bobo, Frush, Hubbard, and Stern

  Entitled

  Telephones - Changes in Telecommunications Service

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 967

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

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Krysiak, Brown, Minnick, Kirk, Walkup, and Love

  Entitled

  Maryland Home Builders Registration Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 973

  Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Benson and Dobson

  Entitled

  Mortgage Brokers - Insurance Agents - Collection of a Finder's Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 980

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 676

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hurson

  Entitled

  Health Maintenance Organizations - Formulary Development Process - Accreditation Status

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1008

  Status as of March 16, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Love

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Deductible

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1018

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Secretary of State)

  Entitled

  Maryland Solicitations Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1027

  Status as of February 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable House Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hecht and Bartlett

  Entitled

  Electricity - Affiliate Wheeling

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules
  

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  HB 1062

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 487

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stern, Klausmeier, Hubbard, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, and D. Davis

  Entitled

  State Board of Cosmetologists - Powers - Prohibition of Equipment, Substances, and Products

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1160

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Gordon, Kagan, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Promotional Offerings Included With a Sale of Goods or Services - Notice and Acceptance Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

• 

  HB 1178

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 498

  Sponsored By

  Frederick County Delegation

  Entitled

  Electricity - Industrial Customer Choice

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

• 

  HB 1210

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 697

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor , Boutin, Cane, Frush, Hammen, Hubbard, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, Stern, and Weir

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Quality Assurance Unit - Quality Assurance Medical Director

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HJ 8

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 6

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Hurson, Guns, Busch, Hammen, Oaks, Rudolph, Morhaim, Billings, Goldwater, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

• 

  SB 53

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 137

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  Home Improvement Guaranty Fund - Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 88

  Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Restocking and Return Fees

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 89

  Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Retail Sales - Acceptance of Valid Manufacturer's Coupon

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 126

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Lawlah, Exum, and Currie

  Entitled

  Gas and Electric Companies - Rates - Reductions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 135

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Hollinger, Astle, Blount, Collins, Conway, Della, Dyson, Exum, Green, Lawlah, Middleton, Ruben, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  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 179

  Status as of March 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ruben

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Trade Names - Deceptive Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 209

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 158

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hollinger (Chairman, Health Subcommittee) and Senators Conway, Harris, Pinsky, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  State Board of Dental Examiners

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 222

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Mortgage Lending - Private Mortgage Insurance

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 236

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Astle, Bromwell, Hafer, Madden, Hooper, McFadden, Exum, Hughes, Teitelbaum, Mitchell, Colburn, Sfikas, and Conway

  Entitled

  Steam Heating Companies

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 237

  Status as of March 18, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kasemeyer

  Entitled

  Automatic Garage Door Openers - Servicing - Home Inspections

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 250

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 162

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement - Improper Coding

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 252

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Baker

  Entitled

  Real Property - New Home Warranty Security Plans

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 261

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 270

  Status as of March 4, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Blount, Mitchell, Hughes, McFadden, Frosh, Stone, Teitelbaum, Exum, Sfikas, Van Hollen, and Kelley

  Entitled

  Financial Institutions - Proof of Identity from Payees and Prospective Account Holders

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 299

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 543

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Telephones - Changes in Telecommunications Service

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 300

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 3

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Electric Utility Industry Restructuring

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 338

  Status as of April 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Industrial Hygiene Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 347

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman and Astle

  Entitled

  Mortgage Brokers - Insurance Agents - Collection of a Finder's Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 359

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Community Based Health Agencies - Licensure

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 370

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 557

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Teitelbaum, Exum, Astle, Hooper, and Della

  Entitled

  Insurance - Premium Financing - Discrimination

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  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 511

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 629

  Sponsored By

  Senator Astle

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Rental Companies - Authority to Sell or Offer Insurance to Renters

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 523

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 366

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  Automobile Liability Insurance and Homeowner's Insurance - Prohibited Terminations and Refusals

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 554

  Status as of March 31, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• 

  SB 557

  Status as of March 29, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Blount, Collins, Currie, Dyson, Forehand, Hollinger, McFadden, Kelley, Lawlah, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, Green, and Pinsky

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection and Electric Utility Restructuring Act of 1999

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 575

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Blount, Collins, Conway, Astle, and Della

  Entitled

  Maryland Home Builders Registration Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 579

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

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pinsky, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Hollinger, Kelley, Sfikas, Van Hollen, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Universal Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• 

  SB 585

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 579

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Teitelbaum, Hollinger, and Dorman

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations - Quality Measures, Explanations, and Expense Ratios

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 604

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hughes

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Year 2000 Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 618

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Access to the 911 Emergency System

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

• 

  SB 660

  Status as of April 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Electric Utility Tax Reform - Maryland Electric Competition Credits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• 

  SB 694

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

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - All-Terrain Vehicles

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• 

  SB 714

  Status as of April 9, 1999: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins

  Entitled

  Nursing Home Comparative Evaluation System

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SB 762

  Status as of April 11, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hafer

  Entitled

  Patient Referrals by Health Care Practitioners - Prohibition - Exemptions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  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

• 

  SB 789

  Status as of March 31, 1999: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Quality Assurance Unit - Quality Assurance Medical Director

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

• 

  SJ 7

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 5

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger and Bromwell

  Entitled

  State Regulation of Self-Funded Employer-Based Health Plans

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters