2007 house journal index of days - Maryland General Assembly

Jan. 31, 2007 Maryland House of Delegates 255
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
House Bill 324 – Delegates Rosenberg, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barnes, Bronrott,
Cardin, Dumais, Feldman, Lee, Levy, Manno, Montgomery, Ramirez, Shank, Stein, and
Waldstreicher
AN ACT concerning
Removal of Religious Barriers to Remarriage
FOR the purpose of requiring a party who files or does not contest a complaint or
countercomplaint for an absolute divorce or annulment to file, under certain
circumstances, an affidavit stating that the affiant has taken all steps solely within
the affiant’s control to remove all religious barriers to remarriage by the other
party to the marriage; prohibiting a court, under certain circumstances, from
entering a decree for an absolute divorce or annulment until a certain affidavit is
filed or if the court determines that the affidavit was filed with the knowledge of
the affiant that it was false; providing for the construction and application of this
Act; and generally relating to absolute divorce and annulment and the removal of
religious barriers to remarriage.
BY adding to
Article – Family Law
Section 7–104.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2006 Replacement Volume)
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
House Bill 325 – Delegates Hubbard, Costa, Gaines, Kullen, and Taylor
AN ACT concerning
State Residential Centers – Money Follows the Individual Act
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from
denying an individual home– and community–based waiver services when the
individual resides in a State residential center and certain criteria are met;
providing that nothing in this Act is intended to result in a certain reduction of
federal funds; requiring the Department to notify certain residents of State
residential centers about certain opportunities to participate in a certain waiver;
requiring the Department to submit a certain annual report; defining a certain term;
and generally relating to individuals living in State residential centers and access
to home– and community–based waivers.