FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 66

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  HB 18

  Status as of March 27, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Courts - Family Division - Establishment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 49

  Status as of February 12, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Family Law - Noncustodial Parent - Child Support

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 64

  Status as of February 5, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Workman

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Support

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 135

  Status as of March 22, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, Owings, Grosfeld, Montague, Shriver, Rosenberg, Pitkin, Frush, Menes, R. Baker, Benson, T. Murphy, and McHale

  Entitled

  Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 194

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Goldwater, Pitkin, Eckardt, Grosfeld, Petzold, Nathan-Pulliam, Walkup, Kirk, Frush, Barve, and Kopp

  Entitled

  Family Law - Support and Maintenance

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 199

  Status as of April 3, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Schisler

  Entitled

  Use of Sick Leave After Birth or Adoption

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 210

  Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Vallario

  Entitled

  Guardianship Proceedings - Notice to Natural Parents

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 315

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hixson

  Entitled

  Family Law - Absolute Divorce - Time Periods

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 324

  Status as of March 13, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Grosfeld, Dembrow, Genn, and R. Baker

  Entitled

  Child Support Enforcement - Legal Representation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 337

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Grosfeld, Conroy, Cummings, Valderrama, Howard, Hixson, Kopp, Heller, R. Baker, Pendergrass, Hecht, Workman, Petzold, Franchot, Cryor, Frush, Goldwater, Pitkin, Menes, Parker, Snodgrass, Turner, Hutchins, Hubbard, Shriver, Ciliberti, Mossburg, McIntosh, Brinkley, Hurson, Jacobs, Genn, Dypski, and Marriott

  Entitled

  Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Constructive Desertion

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 396

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow and Genn

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Custody - Joint Legal Responsibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 433

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 223

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bozman, Conway, and McClenahan

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Special Organizational Registration Plates - Eligibility of Surviving Spouses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 489

  Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hecht, Bobo, Clagett, Elliott, Grosfeld, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Pitkin, Snodgrass, Stup, Workman, Howard, and Donoghue

  Entitled

  Divorce Actions - Additional Filing Fee for Domestic Violence Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 540

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Workman, Grosfeld, Hecht, Pitkin, Kagan, Kopp, Goldwater, McKee, Cadden, Perry, Love, and Kach

  Entitled

  Family Law - Adoption Petitions - Consideration of Child Support

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 541

  Status as of March 4, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Workman, Kach, Hecht, Love, Donoghue, Nathan-Pulliam, Stup, McKee, Walkup, and Elliott

  Entitled

  Foster Care - Arrearage in Child Support - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 550

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Healey, Hixson, R. Baker, E. Burns, Menes, McIntosh, Bonsack, Stocksdale, Kopp, Valderrama, and Perry

  Entitled

  Adoption - Revocation of Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 601

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Doory, Montague, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Premarriage Education - Waiting Period

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 604

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 251

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Foster Care Review Boards - Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 605

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Family Law - Divorce - Grounds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 613

  Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Perry, M. Burns, Menes, and Petzold

  Entitled

  Child Custody and Visitation - Consideration of Drunk or Drugged Driving Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 658

  Status as of March 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Standby Guardian - Parental Designation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 659

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Doory, and Curran

  Entitled

  Divorce - Educational Seminar on Effects on Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 660

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 260

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kirk, Rawlings, Cummings, Fulton, E. Burns, Boston, Branch, Marriott, Harrison, C. Mitchell, Oaks, Parker, Nathan-Pulliam, Opara, C. Davis, Montague, McHale, McIntosh, and T. Murphy

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Union Baptist Church, Inc. - Child Care Facility - Head Start

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 758

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Cryor

  Entitled

  Appointment of Counsel - Adoption and Guardianship Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 812

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 276

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Branch, Cummings, Kirk, Harrison, and C. Mitchell

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Community Human Development Centers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 932

  Status as of April 30, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 285

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Human Resources) and Delegate O'Donnell

  Entitled

  Kinship Care Program - Kinship Parent - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 966

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Finifter

  Entitled

  Estates and Trusts - Elective Shares of Decedent's Estate

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1061

  Status as of February 14, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Appropriations Committee (Departmental - Human Resources) and Delegates Conway and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Family Investment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1097

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  Child Protection - Reasonable Punishment by Parent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1143

  Status as of March 19, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Estates and Trusts - Standby Guardian

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1145

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 596

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Healey and E. Burns (Governor's Commission on Adoption)

  Entitled

  Permanency for Children in Out-of-Home Placements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1169

  Status as of March 27, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Vallario, R. Baker, Menes, Grosfeld, Howard, B. Hughes, Hubbard, Marriott, Healey, Krysiak, Eckardt, Perry, Frush, Cryor, Crumlin, Petzold, Nathan-Pulliam, Benson, and Kopp

  Entitled

  Manslaughter - Inadequate Provocation - Spousal Adultery

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1196

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Guns

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Certified Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists - Authorized to Practice

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1236

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kach

  Entitled

  Family Law - Custody and Visitation - Mediation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1268

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates E. Burns, O'Donnell, D. Murphy, Redmer, Klausmeier, Ports, and DeCarlo

  Entitled

  Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1353

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shriver, Menes, Rudolph, and C. Mitchell

  Entitled

  Driver's License - Failure to Pay Child Support - Length of Suspension

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1363

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kach

  Entitled

  Family Law - Interference with Visitation Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1366

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Family Law - Mediation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1367

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, R. Baker, Muse, and Turner

  Entitled

  Juvenile Causes - Delinquent Acts - Suspension of Driving Privileges

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1368

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Family Law - Shared Parenting

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1385

  Status as of March 18, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Flanagan, Cadden, Rosenberg, Branch, Klima, and Hurson

  Entitled

  Children in Need of Assistance - Drug-Addicted Babies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1400

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 552

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Preis

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Placement Agency - Guardianship

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1409

  Status as of March 21, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montague

  Entitled

  Juvenile Causes - Child in Need of Assistance - Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1419

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 667

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Hubbard, Doory, Pitkin, Benson, R. Baker, Frush, Rosenberg, Owings, Shriver, T. Murphy, Turner, McHale, Menes, and Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HJ 2

  Status as of February 5, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard and Owings

  Entitled

  Interstate Compact to Expedite Enforcement of Child Support Orders

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 22

  Status as of March 11, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ferguson

  Entitled

  Pro Se Litigation - Allowable Assistance

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 74

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Craig

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Placement Agency - Guardianship

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 79

  Status as of January 29, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kasemeyer

  Entitled

  Child Custody and Visitation - Consideration of Drunk or Drugged Driving Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 86

  Status as of April 1, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middleton

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Speeding Violations by Minors - Notification of Parent or Guardian

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

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  SB 89

  Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Boozer

  Entitled

  Adoption - Consent of Natural Parents - Parental Responsibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 114

  Status as of April 9, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 19

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)

  Entitled

  Criminal History Records Checks - Child Care in Various Settings

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 227

  Status as of April 5, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben, Forehand, Kelley, and Jimeno

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Support

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 327

  Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Marriage Licenses - Domestic Violence - Warning

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 367

  Status as of April 5, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hafer and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Divorce - Educational Seminar on Effects on Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 372

  Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ruben

  Entitled

  Administrative Procedures for Child Support Enforcement Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 403

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Child Support Enforcement - Repeal of Privatization Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 424

  Status as of February 19, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jimeno

  Entitled

  Divorce Actions - Additional Filing Fee for Domestic Violence Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 452

  Status as of March 14, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  State Personnel - Sick Leave - Caregivers of a Child

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 486

  Status as of February 9, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Young, Blount, Pica, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Office for Children, Youth, and Families - Children First Commission

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 492

  Status as of March 25, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Young, Blount, Pica, Kelley, Hoffman, Della, Hughes, McFadden, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Union Baptist Church, Inc. - Child Care Facility - Head Start

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 556

  Status as of March 26, 1996: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Community Human Development Centers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 674

  Status as of February 26, 1996: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Support Guidelines

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 711

  Status as of May 23, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 595

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley and McCabe (Governor's Commission on Adoption)

  Entitled

  Permanency for Children in Out-of-Home Placements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 713

  Status as of April 5, 1996: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middlebrooks

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Support - Incarceration of Obligor

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 767

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 422

  Sponsored By

  Senator Craig

  Entitled

  Health Occupations - Certified Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists - Authorized to Practice

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 778

  Status as of May 14, 1996: Became Law - Chapter 351

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Dorman, Astle, Della, Derr, Hafer, Madden, Pica, Roesser, Trotter, Young, Miller, and Currie

  Entitled

  Welfare Innovation Act of 1996

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations