Editor's note: This is a partial list of local bills and resolutions introduced in the Maryland General Assembly by Washington County lawmakers during the 2009 regular session. For more information, go to mlis.state.md.us and click on "Bill Information and Status."

Washington County delegation

HB 349 - Authorizes the Washington County Commissioners to designate Washington County Mental Health Authority Inc. as the mental health advisory committee for Washington County. Heard March 25. Passed in House and Senate.

HB 350 - Increases the salary of the president of the Washington County Board of Education from $5,600 to $6,200, and increases the salary of members of the Washington County Board of Education from $5,500 to $6,100. Salary increases would not apply to incumbents. Heard Feb. 10. Passed in the House with amendments. Favorable in Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee.

HB 351 - Authorizes the Washington County liquor board to issue a Class "W" winery license, which would allow certain license holders to sell wine and other products on or off premises, and have appropriate furnishing to allow patrons to consume wine and food. Unfavorable report in Economic Matters.

HB 361 - Establishes a police force for Hagerstown Community College, allowing members of the police force to make arrests. Passed in House and Senate.

HB 625 - Authorizes the Washington County sheriff to assign special deputy sheriffs to duties in areas of the county other than the municipality where the special deputy sheriff is a member of the police force. Also authorizes the sheriff to deputize able-bodied citizens in an emergency. Heard Feb. 26. Passed in the House and Senate.

HB 642 - Establishes that the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington County is entitled to receive 3 percent of the amount collected for the tax applicable to specified instruments recorded with the clerk. Heard March 12.

HB 1184 - Authorizes Washington County Commissioners to allow those older than 65 to defer payment on their property taxes until after their death. Passed in the House with amendments. Passed on second read in the Senate with amendments.

HB 1218 - Prohibits a person from killing a dog found pursuing a deer in Washington County. Passed in the House and Senate.

HB 1219 - Raises the Washington County sheriff's salary to $88,000 and requires Washington County Commissioners to set the sheriff's salary, instead of the General Assembly, beginning in 2012. Heard March 12. Passed in the House and Senate.

HB 1220 - Requires a master electrician to be responsible for work performed under the master electrician's license. Repeals several existing laws, including the requirement that those working under the authority of a master electrician's license must be employees of a master electrician. Hearing March 17. Passed in the House and Senate.

HB 1221 - Provides that under some circumstances, Washington County may cause a road to be surveyed, and a description and plat made of the road and recorded among the land records of the county. Authorizes Washington County Commissioners to construct county highways or roads under specified circumstances and requires the County Commissioners to accept certain roads into the county road system. Heard March 12. Passed by the House. Bill is in the Senate and was heard April 3.

HB 1518 - Authorizes scholarships, grants or loans to be used at more institutions of higher education in the state. Heard March 24.

Sen. George C. Edwards, R-Garrett/Allegany/Washington

SB 293 - Requires application fees collected for the black bear hunting permit lottery to be used to reimburse people for damage to beehives, fruit, other crops, livestock or poultry caused by black bears under certain circumstances. Unfavorable report by Education, Health and Environmental Affairs. Withdrawn.

SB 295 - Prohibits a person from selling an alcoholic beverage with an alcohol content of 95 percent (190 proof) or more. Passed in the Senate. Bill is in the House and was heard March 23.

SB 448 - Repeals the requirement for the local superintendent of schools to file a biannual report on the school system's financial status. Passed in the Senate and House.

SB 583 - Repeals a provision that exempts someone from having to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a generating station that produces electricity from wind. Heard March 17.

SB 863 - Requires an employer or insurer to continue paying death benefits to those who were partially dependent at the time of the covered employee's death, or who were wholly dependent and became partially dependent. Passed in the Senate. Bill is in the House. Bill was heard April 10.

Sen. Alex X. Mooney, R-Frederick/Washington

SB 151 - Adds homeless people and groups as a protected class, making crimes against them hate crimes. Passed in the Senate. Passed in the House with amendments.

SB 315 - Establishes a task force to study the correlation between population size of middle and high schools and academic achievement. Heard Feb. 19.

SB 485 - Requires the Secretary of State Police to issue a permit to carry, wear or transport a handgun within a reasonable time to those who have successfully completed the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program of the Transportation Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and has been authorized to use a firearm. Unfavorable report in committee.

SB 586 - Allows domestic violence victims with temporary or final protective orders against their attackers to be given a handgun permit. Heard March 18.

SB 893 - Protection of Children from Online Predators Act of 2009: Requires an Internet access provider to offer parental Internet control, gives an Internet access provider of an interactive computer service immunity from civil liability and authorizes a judge to give a specified special sentence to those convicted of sexual offenses against children. Heard March 17.

SB 939 - Requires handicapped parking spaces to be the same size as regular parking spaces if the regular spaces are larger. Heard March 24.

SB 977 - Requires the comptroller to distribute surplus lottery revenue to all of the public school systems in the state. Unfavorable in committee.

SB 979 - Exempts wind-energy equipment from certain taxes. Heard March 25.

SB 1022 - Establishes a minimum penalty of two days imprisonment for a first violation of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Heard March 25.

SB 1023 - Establishes the Maryland Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. Heard March 27.

Sen. Donald F. Munson, R-Washington

SB 286 - Prohibits the buying of a child or offering to buy a child. Unfavorable in committee.

SB 718 - Bond bill of $250,000 for the Barbara Ingram School for the Arts in Hagerstown. Heard March 14.

SB 719 - Bond bill of $100,000 for the Doleman Black Heritage Museum Inc. in Hagerstown. Heard March 14.

SB 1016 - Bond bill of $150,000 for the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown. Heard March 14.

Del. John P. Donoghue, D-Washington

HB 230 - Bond bill of $250,000 for the Barbara Ingram School for the Arts in Hagerstown. Heard March 14. Unfavorable in committee.

HB 231 - Bond bill of $100,000 for the Doleman Black Heritage Museum Inc. in Hagerstown. Heard March 14. Unfavorable in committee.

HB 521 - Alters the definition of trauma center to include Washington County Hospital to assist in physician reimbursement. Passed in the House and Senate.

HB 714 - Establishes the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for physicians. Passed in the House and Senate.

HB 1147 - Requires health-insurance carriers to reimburse physicians for some administrative services they provide. Withdrawn.

HB 1161 - Requires the State Board of Physicians to adopt regulations for the licensing of anesthesiologist assistants and the practice of anesthesia care by anesthesiologist assistants. Unfavorable report by Health and Government Operations. Withdrawn.

HB 1206 - Includes correctional case management specialists in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System. Heard March 24.

HB 1430 - Bond bill of $150,000 for the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown. Unfavorable in committee.

Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr., R-Washington/Allegany

HB 1164 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations requiring those authorized by state or local law to transport the remains of someone who has died to show the deceased person proper dignity. Heard March 19. Unfavorable in committee.

HB 1172 - Requires the Postmortem Examiners Commission to adopt regulations relating to death that permit the deputy medical examiner or forensic investigator to consider expediency of response when arranging for transportation services of human remains from the scene of a death. Unfavorable in committee.

HB 1174 - Requires some private career schools to maintain additional financial guarantees. Heard March 17.

Del. Andrew A. Serafini, R-Washington

HB 936 - Requires school boards to treat a student's religious viewpoint the same way they treat secular viewpoints and prohibit discrimination based on religious viewpoints. Heard March 4.

Del. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington

HB 924 - Creates a State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights that provides certain rights relating to employment investigation and discipline. Withdrawn.

HB 988 - Requires the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to report some information about employee strip searches to the attorney general. Bill is in the House. Passed in the House with amendments. Bill is in the Senate. Favorable in committee with amendments.

HB 993 - Makes some living units at specified continuing-care retirement communities eligible for the homestead property tax credit. Heard March 12.

HB 1014 - Justice's Law: Increases the maximum penalty for first-degree child abuse resulting in death of the child to life in prison, and increases the maximum penalty for a subsequent conviction of child abuse resulting in death of the child to life in prison. Unfavorable in Judiciary Committee.

HB 1030 - Requires some people convicted of certain offenses to be added to an offender's registry retroactively. Passed in the House. Second reading passed in the Senate with amendments.

HB 1246 - Requires an Internet access provider to offer parental Internet control, gives an Internet access provider of an interactive computer service immunity from civil liability and authorizes a judge to give a specified special sentence to those convicted of sexual offenses against children. Heard March 17.

HB 1247 - Allows some domestic violence offenders to be outfitted with global positioning satellite tracking systems if they violate a protective order. Withdrawn.

HB 1299 - Requires the owner or custodian of mistreated animals removed from the home to complete an administrative remedy offered by animal control, or humane society officers may petition the District Court for disposition of the animal. Authorizes an animal to be removed from its home if there is probable cause that the animal is being mistreated. Heard March 12.

HB 1459 - Exempts some e-mailed documents from provisions of the election law related to legislative newsletters. Heard March 24.

Del. Richard B. Weldon Jr., unaffiliated-Frederick/Washington

HB 1047 - Requires the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify someone paying child support and the Motor Vehicle Administration if the responsible party is 60 days or more out of compliance with a specified child support order and has received three driver's license suspension notices within a two-year period. Allows the MVA to suspend driving privileges for those owing child support under some circumstances. Unfavorable report by Judiciary. Withdrawn.