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Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 33

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  HB 5

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bronrott, Mandel, and Holmes

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicles - Learners' Permits and Provisional Licenses - Restriction on Use of a Wireless Communication Device While Driving

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 29

  Status as of February 13, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Arnick and Mandel

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Use of Hand-Held Telephone While Driving - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 72

  Status as of February 16, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pendergrass, Barkley, Barve, Howard, Hubbard, King, Love, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Owings, Petzold, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Sossi, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Telecommunication Service Providers - Decryption

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 141

  Status as of March 8, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Doory

  Entitled

  Telecommunications Service - Charges for Directory Assistance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 189

  Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais, Holmes, Cryor, Feldman, King, Lee, and Murray

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicles - Learner's Instructional Permit and Provisional Driver's License - Restriction on Use of Communication Device While Driving

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 275

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Arnick

  Entitled

  Courts - Negligence Actions - Evidence of Motor Vehicle Driver's Operation of Hand-Held Telephone

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 589

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 187

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Education - Prince George's County - Telecommunications Tax - School Renovations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 736

  Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Doory, Amedori, Barkley, Bartlett, Conroy, DeBoy, Goodwin, Howard, Hubbard, Kaiser, Madaleno, Mandel, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Pendergrass, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Crimes - Surveillance - Cellular or Wireless Telephones Equipped with Cameras

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 801

  Status as of March 1, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ross, Hubbard, and Ramirez

  Entitled

  Task Force on the Compatibility of State and Local Police Communication Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 854

  Status as of March 17, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ross, Hubbard, and Ramirez

  Entitled

  Task Force on 9-1-1 Call Routing to Local Law Enforcement Agencies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 871

  Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker and the Minority Leader (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation Act of 2004

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 929

  Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Zirkin, Petzold, Cryor, Dumais, Goldwater, Jones, Kaiser, Madaleno, Montgomery, and Murray

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1066

  Status as of April 12, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McIntosh, Anderson, Burns, Carter, C. Davis, Doory, Fulton, Goodwin, Harrison, Kirk, Paige, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Morgan State University - Coordination and Governance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1082

  Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Stern

  Entitled

  Telecommunications Services - Competition - Enforcement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1101

  Status as of March 30, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Cryor

  Entitled

  Income Tax Subtraction Modification for Cost of Employee Teleworking Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1118

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Cryor

  Entitled

  State Personnel - Teleworking Implementation Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1152

  Status as of March 22, 2004: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McComas and Boutin

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1179

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Wood, Elmore, McKee, Glassman, Amedori, Bartlett, Bohanan, Boutin, Bozman, Cane, G. Clagett, Conway, Donoghue, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Haddaway, Hennessy, Hogan, James, Jameson, Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Mitchell, Myers, O'Donnell, Owings, Parrott, Proctor, Rudolph, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Vallario, Walkup, and Weldon

  Entitled

  2020 Rural Maryland - Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1204

  Status as of February 13, 2004: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Anne Arundel County Delegation (By Request - Anne Arundel County Administration)

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Mobile Telephone Sales and Use Tax

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1242

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 139

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shank, Bartlett, Barve, Boschert, Cadden, Cluster, DeBoy, Donoghue, Edwards, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Goodwin, Hennessy, Jennings, Jones, Kelley, Kelly, King, Lee, Marriott, McComas, Miller, Minnick, Myers, O'Donnell, Patterson, Quinter, Rosenberg, Smigiel, Taylor, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Task Force to Study Criminal Offender Monitoring by Global Positioning Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1331

  Status as of March 27, 2004: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Zirkin

  Entitled

  Crimes - Child Pornography - Electronic Communication with Minor

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1538

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 490

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cryor, Amedori, Aumann, Barkley, Bates, Benson, Bobo, Boschert, Boutin, Bozman, Bromwell, Bronrott, Cadden, Cane, Cardin, Carter, V. Clagett, Cluster, Conroy, C. Davis, DeBoy, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Feldman, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Gilleland, Goldwater, Goodwin, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hennessy, Hixson, Hogan, Holmes, Howard, Hurson, James, Jameson, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Lee, Leopold, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McComas, McConkey, McIntosh, McKee, Menes, Minnick, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Owings, Paige, Parker, Parrott, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shank, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stern, Stocksdale, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, Walkup, Weldon, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Task Force on the Status of Women and Information Technology

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  SB 117

  Status as of May 25, 2004: Vetoed by the Governor - Policy

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Privacy of Social Security Numbers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 430

  Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 273

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Britt, Currie, Della, Exum, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, and Gladden

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Morgan State University - Coordination and Governance

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 484

  Status as of March 29, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola, Brinkley, Britt, Dyson, Forehand, Hafer, Hogan, Kramer, Lawlah, Middleton, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Personnel - Teleworking Implementation Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 486

  Status as of March 10, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Garagiola, Brinkley, Britt, Dyson, Forehand, Hafer, Hogan, Kramer, Lawlah, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Tax Credit for Cost of Employee Teleworking Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 510

  Status as of February 18, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Administration)

  Entitled

  Budget Reconciliation Act of 2004

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 512

  Status as of May 11, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 285

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jimeno, Brochin, Forehand, Garagiola, Giannetti, Green, Haines, Hughes, Jacobs, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 625

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Giannetti

  Entitled

  Zoning - Regulation of Flagpoles Containing Telecommunications Equipment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 626

  Status as of March 15, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Giannetti

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study Methods to Enhance State Revenues Related to Telecommunication Technology

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 661

  Status as of March 25, 2004: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hooper

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Cellular Telephone Service Contracts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 783

  Status as of April 27, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 138

  Sponsored By

  Senators Munson, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, Della, Forehand, Giannetti, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Hooper, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Mooney

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Task Force to Study Criminal Offender Monitoring by Global Positioning Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 917

  Status as of May 26, 2004: Became Law - Chapter 489

  Sponsored By

  Senator Lawlah

  Entitled

  Task Force on the Status of Women and Information Technology

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters