Administrative Office Of The Courts
Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Courts - Attorneys - Subpoena Procedures and Forms for Circuit Courts [HB-22]
Authorizing an attorney or other officer of the court entitled to the issuance of a subpoena by a clerk of a court to obtain from the clerk of the court a subpoena that is signed and sealed by the clerk of court; authorizing the attorney or other officer of the court to photocopy or otherwise copy and use a specified subpoena for service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Smigiel
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/18/2011
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Criminal Procedure - Charges Not Resulting in Conviction - Shielding [HB-1279]
Authorizing a person who was convicted of one or more charges in a specified unit to file a petition to shield other charges in the unit that were disposed of by acquittal, dismissal, or specified other means; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to shield specified information within 30 days after receipt of a petition under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Courts - Testimony by Spouses - Central Registry of Records of Refusals [HB-1169]
Requiring the clerk of the court, when making a specified record of the refusal of a spouse to testify in a specified assault trial, to forward a copy of the record to the Administrative Office of the Courts, including specified information; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to maintain a specified central registry of records relating to the refusal of a spouse to testify in specified assault trials; providing that a specified record is not subject to expungement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Otto
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 03/21/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Courts - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-684]
Authorizing the establishment of a Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program in Wicomico County, Frederick County, and Prince George's County under specified circumstances; authorizing the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to accept a gift or grant for the Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program; and providing that a defendant charged with a nonviolent crime who is a veteran and who exhibits substance abuse or mental health problems is eligible for diversion to a veterans' treatment court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 3/9 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Traffic Citations - Option to Request Trial [SB-560]
Requiring that a traffic citation issued to a person contain a notice that, if the citation is a payable violation, the person must comply with one of a list of options within 30 days, including the option to request a trial date at the date, time, and place established by the District Court by writ or trial notice; requiring the notice to include a statement of the possible consequences if the person fails to comply within 30 days; establishing requirements for specified copies of a citation form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund - Funding [SB-220]
Increasing from $20 to $40 the surcharge on recordable instruments that the State Court Administrator is required to establish to fund the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 2/19 At 8:30 A.m. on 02/10/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Other Tobacco Products Licenses [HB-88]
Requiring a person to have an appropriate license when the person acts in the State as an other tobacco products manufacturer, retailer, storage warehouse, tobacconist, or wholesaler; making holders of other products licenses subject to specified restrictions and requirements; providing for license application procedures and fees; specifying the scope of the licenses; providing for the renewal of a license; requiring the Comptroller and the Administrative Office of the Courts to make a specified certification on or before January 1, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Traffic Citations - Option to Request Trial [HB-829]
Requiring that a traffic citation issued to a person contain a notice that, if the citation is a payable violation, the person must comply with one of a list of options within 30 days, including the option to request a trial date at the date, time, and place established by the District Court by writ or trial notice; requiring the notice to include a statement of the possible consequences if the person fails to comply within 30 days; authorizing the District Court or circuit court to issue a warrant under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts [HB-639]
Creating a Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; providing that a member of the Task Force may not receive specified compensation but may be reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study specified military service-related mental health issues and substance abuse problems and to make recommendations concerning the establishment of a special court for defendants who are military members or veterans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence Central Repository [HB-625]
Requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to maintain a Domestic Violence Central Repository; requiring that the Central Repository store specified domestic violence orders issued in the State; and establishing the purposes of the Central Repository.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Real Property - Residential Property Foreclosure Procedures - Foreclosure [HB-472]
Requiring an order to docket or complaint to foreclose on residential property to be accompanied by an additional filing fee, a specified final or preliminary loss mitigation affidavit, and, if applicable, a specified request for foreclosure mediation; altering the information required to be included in a specified notice form; requiring the secured party to file a specified final loss mitigation affidavit and send to the mortgagor or grantor a copy of the affidavit and a request for foreclosure mediation form; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Residential Property Foreclosure Process [HB-455]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Residential Property Foreclosure Process; providing for the membership of the Task Force and the designation of the chair; providing for the duties of the Task Force, including the duty to recommend legislative, regulatory, and judicial procedural changes to streamline the foreclosure process while protecting the interests of all parties; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 02/25/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Courts - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-1556]
Authorizing the establishment of a Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program in Wicomico County, Frederick County, and Prince George's County under specified circumstances; authorizing the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to accept a gift or grant for the Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program; and providing that a defendant charged with a nonviolent crime who is a veteran and who exhibits substance abuse or mental health problems is eligible for diversion to a veterans' treatment court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/01/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Courts - Jury Selection - Clerk of Circuit Court [HB-1546]
Requiring the jury plan of each circuit court to designate a jury commissioner that is either the clerk of the circuit court or another individual designated by the clerk of the circuit court; requiring the clerk of the circuit court to maintain the source pool list; and requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide technical assistance to the clerk of the circuit court as needed to implement the jury plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-1284]
Authorizing the establishment of a Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program in Baltimore County under specified circumstances; authorizing the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to accept a gift or grant for the Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program; providing that a defendant charged with a nonviolent crime who is a veteran and who exhibits substance abuse or mental health problems is eligible for diversion to a veterans' treatment court; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/01/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Safe Schools Act of 2010 [HB-1160]
Clarifying the authority of the juvenile court to notify specified school officials that a child has been found to be delinquent, in need of assistance, or in need of supervision and committed to a specified agency under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to notify specified school officials if a child found to be delinquent, in need of assistance, or in need of supervision is no longer committed to the custody of specified agencies; adding specified offenses to a specified list of offenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A - Distribution to and [HB-1145]
Prohibiting a person from distributing Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A to an individual under the age of 21 years; providing that it is a defense in a specified prosecution that the defendant examined a specified license or identification that identified a purchaser or recipient as at least age 21; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Criminal Records - Aliases [HB-1662]
Prohibiting the publication of an alias used by a criminal defendant and requiring the removal of data relating to an alias by the Administrative Office of the Courts on the Maryland Judiciary Case Search; authorizing a person whose name was used by an arrestee as an alias to request that a notation of the fact that the alias used represents the identify of another person be made in the criminal record of the arrestee at the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository; applying the Act retroactively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate Hornberger) Adopted (126-6) on 03/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Property Tax - Tax Sales - Data Collection [HB-1181]
Altering and expanding certain data collection and reporting responsibilities of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation concerning tax sales; requiring each county to provide the Department with certain information on the form the Department provides; requiring the Department to obtain certain data concerning certain categories of properties that are subject to tax sale through a certain annual survey; requiring the Department to obtain certain information concerning each county's tax sale process; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 440 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Circuit Court and District Court of Maryland Employees – Collective Bargaining [HB-1134]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for certain employees of the circuit courts and the District Court of Maryland; establishing a State Judicial Employees Labor Relations Board; providing for the composition, chair, staffing, powers, and duties of the Board; providing for the staggering of terms of the members of the Board; requiring the Board to recognize one statewide bargaining unit; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Board to conduct certain investigations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020