Administrative Office Of The Courts
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings [SB-280]
Authorizing a petitioner receiving medical treatment at a hospital to electronically file a petition for a temporary protective order while at the hospital; requiring certain hospitals to refer a petitioner filing a petition on the grounds of domestic violence to a hospital-based or community-based domestic violence prevention program; and authorizing a petitioner to electronically file a petition for a temporary protective order from certain programs and centers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 335 on 05/12/2022
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Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings [HB-296]
Authorizing a petitioner receiving medical treatment at a hospital to electronically file a petition for a temporary protective order while at the hospital; requiring hospitals to refer petitioners to certain programs; authorizing a petitioner to electronically file a petition for a temporary protective order from certain programs and centers; and requiring a court that receives an electronically filed petition to hold a hearing through video conferencing either the same or next business day under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 334 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Clerks of the Courts - Case Management System - Information [HB-271]
Requiring the clerk of the court to include the name of the judge or magistrate who presided over a hearing or took judicial action as part of case information in the case management system of the court; requiring a clerk of the District Court to include the name of the judge who presided over a hearing or took judicial action as part of case information in the case management system of the District Court; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges [SB-17]
Requiring the Maryland Judiciary, in consultation with domestic violence and child abuse organizations, to develop and update as appropriate a training program for judges and magistrates presiding over child custody cases involving child abuse or domestic violence; requiring the training program to include certain subject matter; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to adopt procedures to ensure that only judges who have received certain training are assigned child custody cases that may involve child abuse or domestic violence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 351 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Prohibition on Rent Increases and Sealing of Court Records [HB-134]
Prohibiting a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent because a judgment was entered against the tenant in a failure to pay rent action; requiring the District Court to seal all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding under certain circumstances; requiring the District Court to seal all courts records relating to a failure to pay rent proceeding, on motion by a tenant, under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to publish on its website a certain form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Environment And Transportation And Judiciary on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Child Custody – Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence – Training for Judges and Child’s Counsel [HB-1036]
Requiring the Maryland Judiciary, in consultation with domestic violence and child abuse organizations, to develop a training program for judges presiding over child custody cases involving child abuse or domestic violence and to review and update the training program at certain intervals; requiring the training program to include certain information; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to make information on a certain training program available on request; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/04 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Child Custody - Cases Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence - Training for Judges and Child's Counsel [SB-675]
Requiring the Maryland Judiciary, in consultation with domestic violence and child abuse organizations, to develop a training program for judges presiding over child custody cases involving child abuse or domestic violence and to review and update the training program at certain intervals; requiring the training program to include certain information; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to make information on a certain training program available on request; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/24/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services – Juvenile Offense Database [HB-672]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services, in coordination with the Administrative Office of the Courts, to develop, maintain, regularly update, and publish a searchable database of all offenses involving juveniles on its website; prohibiting the database from containing certain information; providing that certain provisions of law mandating the confidentiality of certain juvenile records do not prohibit the publication of, or access to or use of, certain information concerning certain juveniles in a certain database; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dalya Attar
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Financial Capabilities and Legal Assistance Fund [HB-585]
Prohibiting a collection agency from passing to a consumer any costs associated with certain filing fees; establishing the Financial Capabilities and Legal Assistance Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to receive and distribute funds to qualified nonprofit entities that provide counselling services and legal assistance to consumers related to consumer credit and debt collections; requiring the Division to adopt certain regulations; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Davis
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/25/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Clerks of the Courts - Case Management System - Information on Judge or Magistrate [HB-326]
Requiring the clerk of the court to include the name of the judge or magistrate who presided over a hearing or took judicial action as part of case information in the case management system of the court; requiring a clerk of the District Court to include the name of the judge who presided over a hearing or took judicial action as part of case information in the case management system of the District Court; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 1/20 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Cybersecurity Coordination and Operations - Establishment and Reporting [SB-69]
Establishing the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology, certain Office positions, and the Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council; requiring, by December 1 each year, each unit of the Legislative or Judicial Branch of State government, each unit of local government, and any local agencies that use a certain network to certify to the Department that the unit is in compliance with the Department's minimum security standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/12/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties [HB-128]
Altering the term "sexual orientation" in the context of hate crimes; including gender identity in the list of characteristics protected by the prohibition on hate crimes; authorizing a court to require an offender convicted of hate crimes to complete an antibias education program; requiring the University System of Maryland to manage the development of an antibias education program that provides antibias education relevant to certain provisions of Maryland law by January 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 385 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties [SB-220]
Altering the term "sexual orientation" in the context of hate crimes; including gender identity in the list of characteristics on the basis of which a person may not commit certain acts; authorizing a court to require an offender convicted of hate crimes to complete an antibias education program in addition to any other penalties imposed; requiring the University System of Maryland to manage the development of an antibias education program by January 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 1/20 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Partial Expungement [SB-1246]
Authorizing a person to file a petition for a partial expungement of certain criminal records under certain circumstances; requiring a court to order that certain records be removed from a certain website; providing that only a certain record is eligible for partial expungement; repealing a provision of law establishing that if a person is not entitled to expungement of one charge or conviction in a certain unit, the person is not entitled to expungement of any other charge or conviction in the unit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act [SB-1195]
Establishing that certain electronic documents and electronic signatures satisfy certain recording requirements and conditions; authorizing the clerk of a circuit court to take certain actions regarding electronic documents; authorizing the clerk of a circuit court to provide for access to and search and retrieval of certain documents by electronic means; authorizing the clerk of a circuit court to convert certain documents and information into electronic form; applying the Act retroactively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/21/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act [HB-1093]
Establishing that requirements of certain laws specifying a certain document be in a certain form or signed as a condition for recording are met by an electronic document or electronic signature under certain circumstances; requiring the clerk of a circuit court to continue to accept paper documents and place entries for electronic and paper documents in the same index under certain circumstances, and transmit documents in fully verified books to the State Archives for preservation and publication on the Archives' website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Platt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 516 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Law Library - Renaming [SB-594]
Renaming the State Law Library to be the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library; providing that the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library is the successor of the State Law Library; providing that certain names and titles of a certain unit and officials in laws and other documents mean the names and titles of the successor unit and officials; providing for the continuity of certain matters and persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 39 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Criminal Citations - Reporting [SB-566]
Requiring certain law enforcement officers to record certain information pertaining to the issuance of certain citations; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission and the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center, in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, to develop a certain format for the recording of certain data and to develop certain procedures relating to the compilation and submission of certain data on or before a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/20 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County and Harford County - Court Dog and Child Witness Pilot Program - Extension [SB-124]
Altering the name of the Courthouse Dog and Child Witness Pilot Program in the circuit courts for Anne Arundel County and Harford County to be the Court Dog and Child Witness Pilot Program; extending to September 30, 2021, the date by which the Administrative Office of the Courts is required to provide a report on the operation and results of the pilot program to the General Assembly; and extending to September 30, 2021, the termination date of the pilot program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 466 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Maryland Orphans' Courts [HB-914]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Maryland Orphans' Courts; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to examine the composition and purpose of the Orphans' Courts in Maryland and make recommendations about how to modernize the Orphans' Courts in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/15/2019