HOUSE BILL 3

Sponsored By:

The Speaker and Delegates Brown, Hixson, Hammen, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Boteler, Bozman, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cadden, Cane, Cardin, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conroy, Conway, D. Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Dumais, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, Gaines, Glassman, Goodwin, Gordon, Griffith, Gutierrez, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, James, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Leopold, Levy, Love, Madaleno, Malone, Mandel, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, McKee, McMillan, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, O'Donnell, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Pugh, Quinter, Rosenberg, Shank, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stern, Trueschler, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Zirkin, Boschert, Cryor, C. Davis, Gilleland, Marriott, Myers, Ramirez, Ross, Goldwater, Costa, Kach, Kohl, McDonough, Oaks, Rudolph, and Weldon

Entitled:

Veterans Advocacy and Education Act of 2006

Synopsis:

Establishing the Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship; altering eligibility requirements for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program; establishing a specified death benefit for Maryland residents serving in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts; establishing the Outreach and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs; requiring the Program to help veterans and their dependents access specified benefits; establishing the Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

7/20

Pre-filed

1/11

First Reading Ways and Means & Health and Government Operations

2/1

Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)

2/6

Hearing cancelled (Health and Government Operations)

2/15

Hearing 2/23 at 11:00 a.m.

(Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations)

3/13

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

3/14

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/16

Third Reading Passed (138-0)

4/9

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (138-0)

Passed Enrolled

Senate Action

3/17

First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs & Budget and Taxation

4/10

Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs

4/7

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/8

Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Withdrawn

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)

Action after passage in House and Senate

5/2

Signed by the Governor Chapter 290

Sponsored by:

Speaker of the House of Delegates

Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15

Delegate William J. Frank, District 42

Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22

Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40

Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25

Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A

Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28

Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B

Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14

Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26

Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39

Delegate Sheryl Davis Kohl, District 34A

Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B

Delegate Jane E. Lawton, District 18

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18

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

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Wm. Daniel Mayer, District 28

Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B

Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A

Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20

Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44

Delegate Rosetta C. Parker, District 47

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Catherine E. Pugh, District 40

Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13

Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41

Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B

Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36

Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39

Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

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

Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ARMED FORCES -see also- MILITIA

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES

DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.

DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- AELR CMTE; LEG POLICY COMMITTEE.

HIGHER EDUCATION -see also- COMM COLLEGES; MED SCHOOLS; etc.

HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION

LOANS -see also- MORTGAGES

PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER

PUBLIC INFORMATION

PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- ATTY GEN; COMP; CO ADMIN; etc

RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS

REPORTS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SCHOLARSHIPS

STUDENTS

SUNSET

VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF

VETERANS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Education

( 18-601 , 18-601 , 18-604 )

Public Safety

( 1-202 , 1-202 )

State Government

( 9-940 , 9-941 , 9-942 , 9-943 , 9-946 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):

House

Number: 425867/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 14, 2006   at: 10:40 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 084439/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2006   at: 9:10 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 473828/01 (PDF)     Offered on: April 10, 2006   at: 11:32 p.m.     Status: Withdrawn

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 16, 2006: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

April 9, 2006: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

Senate

April 8, 2006: Third Reading Passed (46-0)