DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 40

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  HB 37

  Status as of March 22, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Krysiak

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Insurance - Discrimination in Underwriting Based on Credit History - Extension of Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 67

  Status as of March 26, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Fulton, Barve, Brown, Goldwater, Gordon, Krysiak, La Vay, McHale, and Moe

  Entitled

  Genetic Discrimination - Workers' Compensation Coverage and Benefits

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 85

  Status as of April 9, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 29

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Producer Commissions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 329

  Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 504

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Mandel, Goldwater, R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, Conroy, Dembrow, Donoghue, Eckardt, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Gordon, Griffith, Grosfeld, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hubers, A. Jones, Kagan, Kopp, La Vay, Menes, Moe, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Riley, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Vallario, Brown, Fulton, Harrison, Hill, Kach, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, McHale, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 451

  Status as of April 7, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sophocleus, Wood, Howard, Pitkin, Healey, D'Amato, Rosso, Greenip, Grosfeld, Moe, Cadden, Love, Hutchins, Petzold, Kagan, Leopold, Rzepkowski, Boschert, Mandel, Hubers, Kach, McHale, DeCarlo, Fulton, Rosenberg, McIntosh, Paige, Dypski, Kelly, Stocksdale, Boutin, McClenahan, Glassman, Riley, Conway, Heller, Cane, W. Baker, Crouse, Walkup, Marriott, Eckardt, Swain, Burns, Benson, Parrott, Patterson, Mohorovic, Krysiak, Harrison, and Kirk

  Entitled

  Crimes - Religious and Ethnic Animosity - Defacing Buildings, Statues, Monuments, and Memorials

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 521

  Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 580

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Krysiak , Kirk, Barve, Donoghue, Fulton, and Harrison

  Entitled

  Property and Casualty Insurance - Use of Credit History

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 603

  Status as of February 6, 2002: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Grosfeld, R. Baker, Barkley, Billings, Cole, Gladden, Hubbard, Menes, and Montague

  Entitled

  Equal Access to Justice Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 754

  Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 247

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Busch, Barve, Donoghue, Eckardt, Fulton, Harrison, Kach, Krysiak, Love, McHale, Minnick, Moe, Pendergrass, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Nonrenewal of Individual Health Benefit Plans - Requirements for Carriers with Affiliates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 758

  Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Bozman, W. Baker, Ports, Dewberry, Mitchell, Minnick, Fulton, Patterson, Kach, Conroy, Phillips, McKee, Cryor, and Rzepkowski

  Entitled

  Property Tax Assessment - Country Clubs and Golf Courses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 761

  Status as of March 21, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Goldwater

  Entitled

  Pharmacy Benefit Management Regulation Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 802

  Status as of February 13, 2002: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Branch, and Doory

  Entitled

  State Personnel - Violations of Federal Law - Right to Sue State

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 808

  Status as of March 19, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Benson and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Equal Opportunity Act of 2002

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 894

  Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Owings, Brown, and Boutin

  Entitled

  Hospitals - Due Process - Certified Nurse Midwives

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 914

  Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Moe

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Absences for Compensable Injury - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 990

  Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Dobson, Hurson, V. Jones, Montague, and Paige

  Entitled

  Housing - Discrimination Based on Source of Income - Prohibited

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1025

  Status as of April 6, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Sher, Donoghue, Fulton, Goldwater, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, McHale, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Task Force on Access to Mental Health Treatment for Privately Insured Individuals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1029

  Status as of March 11, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates A. Jones, R. Baker, Branch, Burns, Dobson, Finifter, Fulton, Grosfeld, Hecht, Kirk, McIntosh, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Pitkin, Rosenberg, and Turner

  Entitled

  Crimes - Harassment and Obstructing Exercise of Religious Belief - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1099

  Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Valderrama, Howard, Brown, Patterson, and Hill

  Entitled

  Law Enforcement Officers - Racial Profiling

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1144

  Status as of March 11, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Baldwin

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Coverage Offered to Small Employers - Open Enrollment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1174

  Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates R. Baker, Swain, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dobson, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hill, Hixson, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Leopold, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rzepkowski, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Zirkin, Hurson, and Parrott

  Entitled

  State Government - Equal Access to Public Services - Individuals with Limited English Proficiency

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1182

  Status as of March 20, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Owings and Cane

  Entitled

  Public Facilities - Refusal of Service - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 1295

  Status as of March 25, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Brown

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Foundation - Health Care Disparities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HJ 17

  Status as of March 19, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Benson, Bobo, Cane, Carlson, Cryor, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Finifter, Fulton, Gladden, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, James, V. Jones, Kirk, Mandel, Menes, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Paige, Patterson, Pitkin, Shriver, Stern, and Walkup

  Entitled

  United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HJ 18

  Status as of March 19, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Marriott, Burns, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Gladden, Healey, V. Jones, Kirk, McHale, and Paige

  Entitled

  Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HJ 19

  Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Joint Resolution 25

  Sponsored By

  Delegates V. Jones, Arnick, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Clagett, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Dobson, Dypski, Fulton, Gladden, Glassman, Harrison, A. Jones, Kirk, Krysiak, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Montague, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Parrott, Phillips, Rawlings, Riley, Sophocleus, Swain, and Taylor

  Entitled

  Voting Rights Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  SB 89

  Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 116

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland)

  Entitled

  Equal Employment Opportunity Program - University System of Maryland and Morgan State University

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 95

  Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 118

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - University System of Maryland)

  Entitled

  Maryland Whistleblower Law - University System of Maryland and Morgan State University

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 185

  Status as of January 24, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Collins, Della, Forehand, Hafer, Hoffman, Hughes, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, Mitchell, Neall, Sfikas, Stone, and Van Hollen

  Entitled

  Courts - Right of Party to Be Present at Trial

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 265

  Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 141

  Sponsored By

  Senator Sfikas

  Entitled

  State Government - Equal Access to Public Services - Individuals with Limited English Proficiency

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

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  SB 317

  Status as of March 5, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Green, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Maryland False Health Claims Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 451

  Status as of April 25, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 162

  Sponsored By

  Senators Exum, Astle, Currie, Dorman, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Maryland Health Care Foundation - Health Disparities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 479

  Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Equal Opportunity Act of 2002

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 484

  Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Hughes, McFadden, Mitchell, Ruben, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Housing - Discrimination Based on Source of Income - Prohibited

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 537

  Status as of May 6, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 322

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hollinger, Dyson, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Della, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Green, Hoffman, Kelley, Lawlah, Mooney, Roesser, Ruben, Schrader, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Labor and Employment - Nurses - Involuntary Overtime Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 571

  Status as of May 16, 2002: Became Law - Chapter 474

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan, Currie, Ferguson, Lawlah, Munson, and Neall

  Entitled

  Property Tax Assessment - Country Clubs and Golf Courses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 600

  Status as of March 28, 2002: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  State Personnel - Violations of Federal Law - Right to Sue State

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 610

  Status as of April 5, 2002: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Procurement - Debarment - Violations of Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

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  SB 651

  Status as of May 15, 2002: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Nonrenewal of Individual Health Benefit Plans - Requirements for Carriers with Affiliates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 665

  Status as of March 18, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Absences for Compensable Injury - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 850

  Status as of March 4, 2002: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Currie

  Entitled

  Prince George's County - Solid Waste Acceptance Facilities - Moratorium and Task Force

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs