A bill designed to keep medical malpractice insurance costs for doctors in check, funded by a 2 percent premium tax on HMOs, was approved in the General Assembly early yesterday on a largely party-line vote.
In the Senate, 32 senators voted for the bill and 13 opposed it. Two senators were absent.
In the House of Delegates, 85 delegates voted for the bill and 44 opposed it. Three delegates were listed as not voting. Nine others were absent.
SENATE
VOTING YES
John C. Astle, D-Anne Arundel
Gwendolyn T. Britt, D-Prince George's
James Brochin, D-Baltimore County
Joan Carter Conway, D-Baltimore City
Ulysses Currie, D-Prince George's
James E. DeGrange Sr., D-Anne Arundel
George W. Della Jr., D-Baltimore City
Nathaniel Exum, D-Prince George's
Jennie M. Forehand, D-Montgomery
Brian E. Frosh, D-Montgomery
Robert J. Garagiola, D-Montgomery
John A. Giannetti Jr., D-Prince George's
Lisa A. Gladden, D-Baltimore City
Leo E. Green, D-Prince George's
Sharon M. Grosfeld, D-Montgomery
Patrick J. Hogan, D-Montgomery
Paula C. Hollinger, D-Baltimore County
Ralph M. Hughes, D-Baltimore City
Philip C. Jimeno, D-Anne Arundel
Verna L. Jones, D-Baltimore City
Edward J. Kasemeyer, D-Howard
Delores G. Kelley, D-Baltimore County
Katherine A. Klausmeier, D-Baltimore County
Rona E. Kramer, D-Montgomery
Gloria G. Lawlah, D-Prince George's
Nathaniel J. McFadden, D-Baltimore City
Thomas M. Middleton, D-Charles
Thomas V. Mike Miller, D-Prince George's
Paul G. Pinsky, D-Prince George's
Ida G. Ruben, D-Montgomery
Norman R. Stone Jr., D-Baltimore County
Leonard H. Teitelbaum, D-Montgomery
VOTING NO
David R. Brinkley, R-Frederick
Richard F. Colburn, R-Dorchester
Roy P. Dyson, D-St. Mary's
Janet Greenip, R-Anne Arundel
John J. Hafer, R-Allegany
Larry E. Haines, R-Carroll
Andrew P. Harris, R-Baltimore County
Allan H. Kittleman, R-Howard
Alex X. Mooney, R-Frederick
Donald F. Munson, R-Washington
E.J. Pipkin, R-Queen Anne's
Sandra B. Schrader, R-Howard
J. Lowell Stoltzfus, R-Somerset
EXCUSED (ABSENT)
J. Robert Hooper, R-Harford
Nancy Jacobs, R-Harford
HOUSE
VOTING YES
Curtis S. Anderson, D-Baltimore City
Charles E. Barkley, D-Montgomery
Kumar P. Barve, D-Montgomery
Joanne C. Benson, D-Prince George's
Elizabeth Bobo, D-Howard
John L. Bohanan Jr., D-St. Mary's
Bennett Bozman, D-Worcester
Talmadge Branch, D-Baltimore City
Eric M. Bromwell, D-Baltimore County
William A. Bronrott, D-Montgomery
Emmett C. Burns Jr., D-Baltimore County
Michael E. Busch, D-Anne Arundel
Joan Cadden, D-Anne Arundel
Rudolph C. Cane, D-Wicomico
Jon S. Cardin, D-Baltimore County
Jill P. Carter, D-Baltimore City
Galen R. Clagett, D-Frederick
Virginia P. Clagett, D-Anne Arundel
Mary A. Conroy, D-Prince George's
Norman H. Conway, D-Wicomico
Jean B. Cryor, R-Montgomery Clarence
Davis, D-Baltimore City
Dereck E. Davis, D-Prince George's
Steven J. DeBoy Sr., D-Baltimore County
John P. Donoghue, D-Washington
Ann Marie Doory, D-Baltimore City
Kathleen M. Dumais, D-Montgomery
Brian J. Feldman, D-Montgomery
Peter Franchot, D-Montgomery
Barbara A. Frush, D-Prince George's
Tawanna P. Gaines, D-Prince George's
Marilyn R. Goldwater, D-Montgomery
Marshall T. Goodwin, D-Baltimore City
Michael R. Gordon, D-Montgomery
Melony Ghee Griffith, D-Prince George's
Ana Sol Gutierrez, D-Montgomery
Peter A. Hammen, D-Baltimore City
Keith E. Haynes, D-Baltimore City
Anne Healey, D-Prince George's
Henry B. Heller, D-Montgomery
Sheila E. Hixson, D-Montgomery
Marvin E. Holmes Jr., D-Prince George's
John Adams Hurson, D-Montgomery
Adrienne A. Jones, D-Baltimore County
Anne R. Kaiser, D-Montgomery
Darryl A. Kelley, D-Prince George's
Nancy J. King, D-Montgomery
Carolyn J. Krysiak, D-Baltimore City
Sue Kullen, D-Calvert
Susan C. Lee, D-Montgomery
Murray D. Levy, D-Charles
Mary Ann Love, D-Anne Arundel
James E. Malone Jr., D-Baltimore County
Adrienne A. Mandel, D-Montgomery
Salima S. Marriott, D-Baltimore City
Brian K. McHale, D-Baltimore City
Maggie L. McIntosh, D-Baltimore City
Pauline H. Menes, D-Prince George's
Joseph J. Minnick, D-Baltimore County
Brian R. Moe, D-Prince George's
Karen S. Montgomery, D-Montgomery
Dan K. Morhaim, D-Baltimore County
Gareth E. Murray, D-Montgomery
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, D-Baltimore County
Nathaniel T. Oaks, D-Baltimore City
Jeffrey A. Paige, D-Baltimore City
Rosetta C. Parker, D-Prince George's
Obie Patterson, D-Prince George's
Shane E. Pendergrass, D-Howard
Carol S. Petzold, D-Montgomery
James E. Proctor Jr., D-Prince George's
Neil F. Quinter, D-Howard
Victor R. Ramirez, D-Prince George's
Samuel I. Rosenberg, D-Baltimore City
Justin D. Ross, D-Prince George's
David D. Rudolph, D-Cecil
Luiz R.S. Simmons, D-Montgomery
Theodore J. Sophocleus, D-Anne Arundel
Joan F. Stern, D-Montgomery
Herman L. Taylor II, D-Montgomery
Frank S. Turner, D-Howard
Veronica L. Turner, D-Prince George's
Joseph F. Vallario Jr., D-Prince George's
Michael L. Vaughn, D-Prince George's
Bobby A. Zirkin, D-Baltimore County
VOTING NO
Susan L.M. Aumann, R-Baltimore County
Joseph R. Bartlett, R-Frederick
Gail H. Bates, R-Howard
David G. Boschert, R-Anne Arundel
Joseph C. Boteler III, R-Baltimore County
Charles R. Boutin, R-Harford
