Legislation - 2008
The 425th Legislative session began on Wednesday, January 9th and concluded at midnight, Monday, April 7th. Listed below are the bills sponsored / supported by Delegate Kullen. For the most current list of legislation and legislative action taken, please click on the immediate following link:
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- Specific State House Bills (HB) Sponsored by Delegate Kullen
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HB 114: All-Terrain Vehicles - Protective Headgear
HB 257: Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts with Pharmacies
HB 333: Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property
HB 465: Education - Public Charter Schools - Revisions
HB 466: Environment - Water Pollution Control Fund - Fertilizer Application Environmental Impact Fee
HB 489: Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - North Beach Town Hall Construction
HB 525: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
HB 586: Consumer Products Safety - Lead and Mercury Reduction Act
HB 597: T.R.A. Act of 2008
HB 612: Property Tax Assessment - Commercial Waterfront Property
HB 616: Public Schools - Children With Anaphylactic Allergies - Reduction of Risk
HB 726: Health Care Facilities - Individuals with Mental Disorders - Patient Rights
HB 727: Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors - Regulated Scrap Metal
HB 951: Living at Home Waiver Program - Case Management - Eligibility
HB 1139: Calvert County - Regulation and Protection of Animals - Animal Control Officers
HB 1140: Nurse Practitioners - Authority to Certify
HB 1141: Calvert County - Chesapeake Beach Railway Trail Loan of 2001
HB 1142: Patient Referrals - Imaging and Radiation Therapy Services - Accreditation
HB 1143: Telephone Companies - Intracounty and Adjacent Local Calling
HB 1493: Calvert County - Authorization to Harvest Seafood and Engage in the Seafood Industry
HB 1498: Calvert County - Soft-Shell Clam Harvesting
Specific Calvert County Bills Sponsored by the Calvert County Delegation
HB 467: Calvert County - Public Facilities Bonds
HB 489: Creation of a State Debt - Calvert County - North Beach Town Hall Construction
HB 588: Calvert County - Sheriff - Pensions
HB 633: Calvert County - Alcoholic Beverages
HB 671: Calvert County - The Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland Loan of 2001
Specific State Bills Co-Sponsored by Delegate Kullen
HB 115: Medical Assistance Programs and Maryland Children's Health Program - Statements on State-Issued Checks
HB120: Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Transparency
HB 136: Micro-Breweries - Sales and Delivery of Beer to Licensed Retailers
HB 147: Milk Products - Direct Sale to Consumer - Exemption from Regulation
HB 181: Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Violation of Condition of "No Contact" - Penalty
HB 182: Domestic Violence - Permanent Protective Order After Conviction and Imprisonment
HB 183: Domestic Violence - Enforcement of Protective Order
HB 189: State Property Tax - Homeowner's Property Tax Assessment Cap Reduction
HB 193: Maryland Estate Tax - Family Property Protection Act
HB 252: Child Protection from Predators Act
HB 291: Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period for Back-to-School Shopping
HB 295: Hepatitis C - Inmates - Annual Report
HB 315: State Designations - Smith Island Cake - State Dessert
HB 343: Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Prescription Drug Substitution
HB 344: Crimes - On-Line Harassment
HB 346: Family Law - Child Custody and Visitation - Military Deployment
HB 366: BRAC Community Enhancement Act
HB 370: Public Safety - Statewide DNA Data Base System - Crimes of Violence, Burglary, and Breaking and Entering a Motor Vehicle - Sample Collections on Arrest
HB 371: Divestiture from Iran
HB 372: Maryland Veterans Behavioral Health
HB 376: High Performance Buildings Act
HB 378: Criminal Law - Abuse or Neglect of Animals and Aggravated Cruelty to Animals - Increased Penalties
HB 399: Maryland Human Relations Commission - Administrative and Civil Relief - Waiver of Sovereign Immunity
HB 403: State Advisory Council on Physical Fitness - Obesity in School-Age Children
HB 410: Crimes - Child Neglect - Penalties
HB 419: Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Registration
HB 435: Pharmacists - Generic Drugs - Treatment of Epileptic Seizures
HB 439: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2008
HB 500: Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation
HB 503: Brian Moore Student Health and Fitness Act of Maryland
HB 519: Public High Schools - Graduation Requirements - Weighted Numerical Assessment System
HB 520: Education - High School Assessment Requirement
HB 527: Task Force to Study the Procurement of Health and Social Services by State Agencies
HB 535: Morbidity, Mortality, and Quality Review Committee - Pregnancy and Childhood
HB 543: Agriculture - Maryland Dairy Farmer Emergency Trust Fund
HB 549: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement
HB 561: Procurement - Small Business Reserve Program - Eligibility Modifications
HB 578: Health Insurance - Coverage for Amino Acid-Based Elemental Formula
HB 585: Nursing Homes - Safe Patient Lifting
HB 587: Cosmetics Containing Mercury - Prohibition of Sale or Distribution
HB 594: Health Insurance - Carrier Credentialing - Reimbursement of Providers of Health Care Services
HB 603: Health Care Coverage - Institutions of Higher Education
HB 613: Education - Maryland Education Fund - Establishment and Funding
HB 648: Business Regulation - Boat Sales
HB 654: Labor and Employment - Shift Breaks
HB 669: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - Exemption for Returning Military Members HB 671:
HB 671: Calvert County - The Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland Loan of 2001
HB 675: Criminal Law - Child Abduction by Relative HB 712:
HB 689: Access to Public Records - Permissible Denials - Public Institutions of Higher Education
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HB 1452: Medical Assistance Program - Long-Term Care Eligibility - Consolidation Plan
HB 1492: Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Subsidy for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap and Sunset Extension
HB 1521: Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - Veterans' Organizations
HB 1568: International Marriage Brokers - Regulation
HB 1578: Electricity Generation - Long-Term Contracts and Use of Consortium of Electric Companies to Build New Facilities
HB 1587: Health Services Cost Review Commission - Averted Uncompensated Care - Assessment
HB 1595: Intercounty Connector - Public Health Impacts from Air Pollution - Assessment
HB 1602: Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland
HB 1624: Milk Products - Farmstead Cheese Production
141 Bills as of 4/8/08
Bills supported / sponsored by Delegate Kullen during the 2007 Session
Bills supported / sponsored by Delegate Kullen during the 2006 Session
Bills supported / sponsored by Delegate Kullen during the 2005 Session
KullenForCalvert, Guffrie M. Smith, Jr., Treasurer