COMPUTERS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 48

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  HB 5

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 659

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Taylor, Barve, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Busch, Guns, Vallario, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Bozman, E. Burns, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Goldwater, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, V. Mitchell, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam,Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Weir, Wood, Workman, Donoghue, Valderrama, DeCarlo, McHale, Miller, Healey, Bonsack, McKee, and Cryor

  Entitled

  Property Tax Exemptions - Biotechnology and Computer Software - Manufacturing and Research and Development

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 45

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 119

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Krysiak, Kach, Barve, Harrison, Busch, Gordon, Boston, Donoghue, Exum, Frank, Fulton, Goldwater, Kirk, Love, and Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trial - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 140

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 668

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Barve, Frank, Kopp, Turner, Getty, T. Murphy, Petzold, and D. Davis

  Entitled

  Crimes - Electronic Mail Misuse - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 185

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Curran, Dypski, Hammen, Krysiak, Bobo, Pendergrass, Turner, Morgan, Mohorovic, Montague, McHale, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Getty, Fulton, Marriott, Boston, Opara, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Watson, Branch, C. Davis, Harrison, Malone, D. Murphy, Bissett, Clagett, Crumlin, B. Hughes, Patterson, Proctor, Hutchins, Slade, Exum, Rzepkowski, M. Burns, Hubbard, Dembrow, Mandel, Gordon, Genn, Barve, Snodgrass, Conway, Pitkin, Faulkner, Brinkley, and Benson

  Entitled

  State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 309

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 464

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Juvenile Justice) and Delegates Vallario, Doory, M. Burns, Dembrow, Genn, Grosfeld, Harkins, Montague, Preis, and Turner

  Entitled

  Juvenile Justice Act of 1998

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 386

  Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Getty

  Entitled

  Public Information - Access to Electronic Public Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 391

  Status as of March 24, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kelly, Bissett, Bobo, Boston, Branch, E. Burns, M. Burns, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, DeCarlo, Dypski, Eckardt, Edwards, Faulkner, Frush, Greenip, Heller, Holt, Hutchins, Jacobs, Kach, Kagan, Klima, McKee, Minnick, Mohorovic, Montague, Mossburg, D. Murphy, O'Donnell, Pitkin, Rzepkowski, Schade, Snodgrass, Stocksdale, Turner, and Workman

  Entitled

  Patients' Medical Record Privacy Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 427

  Status as of February 18, 1998: Bill is in the House - Re-assigned Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hubbard, C. Davis, Morhaim, Frush, Oaks, Schisler, Owings, Ciliberti, Mohorovic, Nathan-Pulliam, D. Davis, Stull, Elliott, Klausmeier, Watson, R. Baker, Conroy, Pitkin, and Crumlin

  Entitled

  Maryland Medical Care Database - Patient Consent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
  

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  HB 432

  Status as of March 2, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frank, Barve, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  Science and Technology - Digital Signatures and Certification Authorities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 447

  Status as of April 14, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 72

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg , C. Mitchell, and Marriott

  Entitled

  Property Tax Credit - Renovations to Residential Buildings for Computer and Telecommunications Systems

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 523

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 482

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Petzold (Maryland Digital Signature Task Force) and Delegates Rosenberg, Mandel, Heller, Barve, Frank, Goldwater, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Maryland Digital Signature Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 561

  Status as of March 30, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Morgan

  Entitled

  Information Technology Reform Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 589

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 700

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bissett

  Entitled

  Registers of Wills - Maintenance of Records - Electronic Recordation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 621

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 601

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kopp, Taylor, Busch, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Rawlings, Heller, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Barve, Bobo, Bonsack, Bozman, Cadden, Crumlin, Cryor, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dypski, Faulkner, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Healey, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Klausmeier, Leopold, Love, Mandel, McIntosh, McKee, Miller, Minnick, V. Mitchell, Mohorovic, Morgan, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Stup, Turner, Wood, and Workman

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Community Colleges - Innovative Partnerships for Technology Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 748

  Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Cryor

  Entitled

  State Buildings - Pictures and Web Sites - Missing Children and Elderly

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 808

  Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Cryor

  Entitled

  Crimes - Computers - Exceeding Authorized Access

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 847

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 715

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Barve, and Frank

  Entitled

  Task Force on High-Speed Network Development

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 914

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 524

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph, Comeau, Klausmeier, W. Baker, Slade, Hutchins, and Moe

  Entitled

  Crimes - Child Pornography - Interception of Communications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 925

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 525

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rudolph and Cryor

  Entitled

  Crimes - Computers - Exceeding Authorized Access

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 947

  Status as of March 16, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rosenberg

  Entitled

  On-Line Communications - Defamation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 949

  Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Rawlings, Kopp, McIntosh, and Conway

  Entitled

  State Employees - Telecommuting - Computer Loan Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 950

  Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Rawlings, Conway, Kopp, McIntosh, Hecht, and Franchot

  Entitled

  Telework and Workforce Development Center Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1014

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Frank

  Entitled

  Title Insurance - Title Plants

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1101

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Healey, Shriver, C. Davis, Cryor, Bonsack, Hixson, Ports, Bozman, Muse, Leopold, Beck, Linton, Rzepkowski, McKee, Hurson, Greenip, and Owings

  Entitled

  Income Tax Subtraction for Computer Equipment Donated to Private and Parochial Schools

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1114

  Status as of March 26, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Genn, Rosenberg, Goldwater, Barve, Kopp, and Gordon

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Unsolicited Electronic Mail Transmissions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1178

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 733

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Harkins, Comeau, Preis, Bonsack, Jacobs, Perry, Rudolph, Rosenberg, Barve, Kopp, E. Burns, M. Burns, and Petzold

  Entitled

  Crimes - Telecommunications Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1180

  Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Harkins, Comeau, Bonsack, Preis, E. Burns, M. Burns, Jacobs, Rosenberg, Kopp, Petzold, Perry, Barve, Rudolph, and Dembrow

  Entitled

  Crimes - Computer Piracy

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1198

  Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Pitkin

  Entitled

  Commission on Computer Repair Technicians

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1227

  Status as of March 12, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Proctor

  Entitled

  Education - Procurement - Advertisement for Bids - Internet

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1250

  Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Arnick

  Entitled

  Public Information Act - Access to Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 1297

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 311

  Sponsored By

  Dorchester County Delegation

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - City of Cambridge - Liberty Village Empowerment Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1417

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Taylor

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Vital Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  SB 5

  Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ruben and Forehand

  Entitled

  Juveniles - Confidentiality of Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 68

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 465

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee and Senators Baker, Ruben, Jimeno, and Kelley (Departmental - Juvenile Justice)

  Entitled

  Juvenile Justice Act of 1998

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 72

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 339

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Elections, State Board of)

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Campaign Finance Reports - Computerization

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 137

  Status as of April 28, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 118

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Astle, Della, Derr, Dorman, Hafer, Kelley, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Trotter

  Entitled

  Health Insurance - Medical Clinical Trials - Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 183

  Status as of February 25, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan, Madden, Hollinger, Kasemeyer, Boozer, Currie, Neall, Lawlah, and Middleton

  Entitled

  Higher Education - Computer Science, Information and Biotechnology - Scholarships

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 222

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Crimes - Electronic Mail Misuse - Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 240

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 591

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Trotter, Pinsky, Sfikas, McCabe, Madden, Dyson, Dorman, Hollinger, Collins, Blount, Frosh, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 273

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 764

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan , Teitelbaum, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Property Tax Exemptions - Biotechnology and Computer Software - Manufacturing and Research and Development

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 358

  Status as of April 9, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Della and Roesser

  Entitled

  The Patients' Consent Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 387

  Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Dyson, Hughes, Hollinger, Sfikas, Trotter, Teitelbaum, Lawlah, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Public Information - Access to Electronic Public Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 500

  Status as of April 11, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)

  Entitled

  Frederick County - Criminal Justice Technology Enhancement Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 553

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Fry

  Entitled

  Crimes - Child Pornography - Interception of Communications

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 573

  Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hogan

  Entitled

  Division of State Documents - Public On-Line Access

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 640

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 627

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della

  Entitled

  Title Insurance - Title Plants

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 749

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Dorchester County - City of Cambridge - Liberty Village Empowerment Center

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 784

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 654

  Sponsored By

  Senator Della (By Request) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Craig, Dyson, Frosh, Hollinger, McCabe, Pinsky, Sfikas, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Vital Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters