Senator Timothy R. Ferguson
District 4

Status of Legislation
Total Number of Bills: 47

• SB 234

  Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Jimeno, Haines, Stone, Colburn, DeGrange, Mooney, Dyson, Harris, Jacobs, Hooper, Stoltzfus, Hafer, and Munson

  Entitled

  Self-Defense Act - Rule of Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 235

  Status as of April 7, 2000: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Stone, Jimeno, Haines, Mooney, Colburn, Hooper, Harris, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Motor Homes

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 282

  Status as of February 14, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Sfikas, Harris, and Mooney

  Entitled

  General Assembly - Term Limits

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

• SB 293

  Status as of March 15, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Hafer, Mooney, Harris, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Golf Facilities - Use of State or Local Public Funds - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 493

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Jimeno, Mooney, Harris, Hooper, Colburn, and Haines

  Entitled

  Actions Reserved to the State - Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers and Dealers by or on Behalf of Local Governments

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 494

  Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson, Jacobs, Hooper, Harris, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Sentencing - Confinement as a Condition of Probation - Ineligibility for Probation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 656

  Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson and Mooney

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Frederick County Girl Scout Day Camp

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 657

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 548

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson and Mooney

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Weinberg Center for the Arts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 658

  Status as of February 23, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ferguson and Mooney

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - YMCA Family and Outdoor Branch

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 81

  Status as of March 30, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Baker, Green, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Hughes, Jimeno, Mitchell, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Seniors - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 144

  Status as of January 26, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Della, Roesser, Hollinger, Ruben, Forehand, Lawlah, Stone, Collins, Jimeno, Pinsky, McFadden, Sfikas, Blount, Mitchell, Hoffman, Colburn, Hughes, Ferguson, Mooney, Van Hollen, DeGrange, and Haines

  Entitled

  Family Law - Denial of Unsupervised Visitation - Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 153

  Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Forehand, Kelley, Stone, Jimeno, Sfikas, Green, Hughes, Mitchell, and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Support

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 160

  Status as of January 26, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Munson, Green, Lawlah, Roesser, Astle, Baker, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dorman, Dyson, Exum, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Madden, McCabe, McFadden, Middleton, Mitchell, Mooney, Neall, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Inheritance Tax - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 166

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 241

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Hafer, Munson, Mooney, DeGrange, and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverages - Class A Licensees - Lottery Ticket Terminal Operators

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

• SB 170

  Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Ruben, Middleton, Lawlah, Munson, DeGrange, Collins, Dorman, Green, Jacobs, Blount, Ferguson, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, Stone, Conway, Colburn, Bromwell, Astle, Kelley, Forehand, Hooper, Roesser, Pinsky, Frosh, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 171

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 242

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Middleton, Lawlah, Munson, DeGrange, Forehand, Teitelbaum, Jacobs, Hooper, Roesser, Collins, Blount, Stone, Green, Dorman, Astle, Kelley, Ferguson, Mooney, Conway, Sfikas, Pinsky, Frosh, Colburn, and Bromwell

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• SB 176

  Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum, Conway, Lawlah, Forehand, Baker, Green, Ferguson, Mooney, Colburn, Haines, Mitchell, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Support Awards - Paternity Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 185

  Status as of February 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser, Dorman, Baker, Green, Munson, Hooper, Astle, Jacobs, Della, Kelley, and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Telecommunications - Telephone Solicitations - Regulation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

• SB 195

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 243

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Munson, Hafer, Ruben, Ferguson, Collins, Van Hollen, Hogan, DeGrange, Hoffman, Mooney, Conway, Green, Teitelbaum, Colburn, Roesser, Sfikas, Dorman, Neall, Haines, Blount, Hollinger, Frosh, Forehand, Middleton, Lawlah, Astle, Hooper, Jacobs, Kasemeyer, Jimeno, Kelley, Pinsky, Currie, Madden, McFadden, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  World War II Memorial Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 217

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Baker, Green, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Haines, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Aggressive Driving - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 221

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Harris, Haines, Stoltzfus, Hafer, Ferguson, Hooper, Jacobs, Colburn, Roesser, McCabe, Mooney, Hogan, Madden, and Munson

  Entitled

  Family Clothing Tax Relief Act of 2000

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 229

  Status as of April 6, 2000: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser, Mitchell, Ferguson, Jimeno, Colburn, Haines, Forehand, Hughes, Green, and McCabe

  Entitled

  Foster Parents' Bill of Rights of 2000

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 264

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hooper, Stone, Green, Jacobs, Harris, Mooney, Currie, Ferguson, Jimeno, Roesser, and Hughes

  Entitled

  Memorial Day - Moment of Silence

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

• SB 281

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 251

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Baker, Haines, Colburn, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Jimeno, Mooney, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plates - Honoring State Agriculture

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

• SB 285

  Status as of March 24, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hafer, Mooney, Jacobs, Hooper, Ferguson, Colburn, Haines, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Subtraction for Retirement Income

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 286

  Status as of February 9, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hafer, Stoltzfus, Mooney, Munson, Hooper, Colburn, and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Transportation Funding - Mass Transit - Sales and Use Tax

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 287

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 512

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Blount, Conway, Dyson, Ferguson, Forehand, Green, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Roesser, Ruben, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 290

  Status as of March 20, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hafer, Mooney, Jacobs, Hooper, Ferguson, Stoltzfus, Haines, and Colburn

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - Purchase Price - Trade-In Allowance

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 303

  Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jimeno, Stoltzfus, Haines, Astle, DeGrange, Hoffman, Teitelbaum, Colburn, Ruben, Hooper, Munson, Hafer, Neall, Jacobs, Bromwell, Roesser, Lawlah, Hollinger, Baker, Sfikas, Harris, Dorman, Ferguson, Kasemeyer, Collins, Conway, Dyson, McCabe, McFadden, Mooney, Hogan, and Green

  Entitled

  Firearms Offenses - Project Exile

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 372

  Status as of April 3, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Dorman, Exum, Collins, Della, Ruben, Blount, DeGrange, Forehand, Stone, Van Hollen, Sfikas, Astle, Middleton, Ferguson, Pinsky, Green, Harris, Hoffman, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Practice of Medicine - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 390

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hooper, Jacobs, Harris, Roesser, Ruben, Ferguson, Colburn, Stone, Jimeno, and Mitchell

  Entitled

  Drunk and Drugged Driving - Ignition Interlock System

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

• SB 430

  Status as of April 8, 2000: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Roesser, Ferguson, Sfikas, Forehand, Haines, Mooney, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Homicide by Aggressive Driving

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 443

  Status as of April 6, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Middleton, Munson, Stoltzfus, Baker, Colburn, Stone, Della, Harris, Mooney, Jacobs, McCabe, Madden, Ferguson, and Hooper

  Entitled

  Political Subdivisions - Property Tax - State Grants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 446

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Neall, Stoltzfus, Hafer, Dyson, Ferguson, Haines, Hooper, Colburn, Munson, Jacobs, Mooney, and McCabe

  Entitled

  Task Force on Resource Based Industry in Maryland - Establishment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 454

  Status as of March 31, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Haines, Mooney, Colburn, Jimeno, and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Nudity and Sexual Displays - Minors

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 556

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines and Ferguson (Carroll County Senators)

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Agricultural Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 559

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Stone, Forehand, Colburn, Ferguson, Baker, Mooney, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Domestic Abuse Murder

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

• SB 566

  Status as of March 17, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs, Roesser, Stoltzfus, Mooney, Haines, Harris, Hooper, McCabe, Ferguson, Madden, Hafer, Munson, Colburn, and Hogan

  Entitled

  Election Law - Campaign Reports by Political Committees - Expenditures Made on Behalf of Candidates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

• SB 659

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 549

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Mooney and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 660

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Mooney and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - American Red Cross

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 661

  Status as of April 10, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Mooney and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Frederick County - Frederick Memorial Healthcare System, Inc.

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 679

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 552

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Ferguson, Hafer, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, McCabe, Mooney, Munson, Neall, Stoltzfus, Hogan, and Harris

  Entitled

  Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund Act of 2000

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Environmental Matters

• SB 687

  Status as of February 10, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Green, Bromwell, McFadden, Collins, Hooper, Pinsky, Astle, Blount, Colburn, Currie, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hughes, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Mitchell, Munson, Ruben, Sfikas, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  School Health Programs - Smoking Prevention - A Nurse in Every School

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
  

• SB 737

  Status as of March 16, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Jacobs, Harris, McCabe, Madden, Stoltzfus, Hooper, Munson, Ferguson, Colburn, and Hafer

  Entitled

  Education - Public Schools - Character Education

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

• SB 738

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 558

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines and Ferguson (Carroll County Senators)

  Entitled

  Local Government - Debt Authorization

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

• SB 774

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 86

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green, Hafer, Munson, Astle, Blount, Haines, Hooper, Della, Ferguson, Teitelbaum, Bromwell, and Dyson

  Entitled

  Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Flags

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

• SB 840

  Status as of March 29, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  

  Sponsored By

  Senators Sfikas, Blount, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Ferguson, Green, Haines, Hughes, Jacobs, Lawlah, McCabe, Mitchell, Mooney, Roesser, and Stone

  Entitled

  Veterans' Vocational Training, Employment, and Housing Act of 2000

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation