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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-118] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; providing a certain contingency requirement; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Theft - Notification of Victims and Victims' Representatives [HB-14] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the prosecuting attorney of thefts of property or services with a value less than $1,500 to notify the victim or the victim's representative about each court proceeding, the right of the victim to submit a victim impact statement, any posttrial court proceedings, any appeal, and any sentence review related to the case.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations [HB-266] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Elections ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Repealing the condition that must be met for a certain exclusive representative to meet with a new employee by video or similar technology; providing that a certain employee organization has the right to membership dues deductions until the employee organization ceases to be the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit; altering certain requirements for the deputy directors appointed by the Public Employee Relations Board; and altering certain procedures regarding the timing of exclusive representation elections.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege [SB-135] [Law Enforcement ]
Clarifying that a communication between an attorney and a client that acts as a fiduciary is subject to the attorney-client privilege even if fiduciary funds are used to compensate the attorney for services rendered to the client.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West Referred Judiciary on 03/07/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland [SB-22] [Law Enforcement ] [Ethics ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland to examine and analyze the efficiency, uniformity, and quality of fiduciary adjudication in Maryland and make recommendations; requiring the orphans' courts, circuit courts, registers of wills, and Administrative Office of the Courts to comply with certain requests of the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and make recommendations on or before January 1, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West Referred Judiciary on 02/14/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [HB-32] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic review board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the board; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 115 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Theft of Mail and Packages and Victim Notification [HB-64] [Crime ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages; requiring the prosecutor of a violation of the Act to notify the victim or the victim's representative about each court proceeding, the right of the victim to submit a victim impact statement, any posttrial court proceeding, any appeal, and any sentence review related to the court proceedings; and providing that a person who violates the Act by depriving an owner of mail or a package is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [SB-43] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the Board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the Board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the Board; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine Approved By The Governor - Chapter 116 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Task Force on Common Ownership Communities [SB-71] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ]
Establishing the Task Force on Common Ownership Communities to study the education and training needs of common ownership community boards and new and prospective owners of homes and dwelling units in common ownership communities; and requiring the Task Force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Additional General Assembly Appointments [SB-917]
Additional General Assembly Appointments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Peter Rabon Reptd Fav on 09/11/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

General Assembly Appointments [SB-915]
General Assembly Appointments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Peter Rabon Ratified on 06/27/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Governor's Budget [SB-868] [Budget and Spending ]
Governor's Budget

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Vincent Lee Withdrawn From Com on 05/07/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Governor's Budget [HB-962] [Budget and Spending ]
Governor's Budget

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary G. Belk Passed 1st Reading on 05/02/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

State Bar Review Committee Recommendations [SB-790] [Law Enforcement ] [Ethics ]
State Bar Review Committee Recommendations

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Vincent Lee Ch. Sl 2024-25 on 06/28/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

GSC Attorneys' Fees in Debt Instruments [SB-767] [Finance ]
GSC Attorneys' Fees in Debt Instruments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Scott Galey Withdrawn From Com on 04/29/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Various Local Provisions I [HB-909]
Various Local Provisions I

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Erin Pauling Pare Ch. Sl 2024-20 on 06/28/2024

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2024 Regular Session

Provides relative to attorney service contracts. (8/1/24) [SB-483] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Provides relative to attorney service contracts. (8/1/24)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John C. Morris Read By Title, Under The Rules, Referred To The Committee On Civil Law And Procedure. on 04/17/2024

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2024 Regular Session

Provides for contigency fee contracts. (8/1/24) [SB-458] [Law Enforcement ]
Provides for contigency fee contracts. (8/1/24)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Bass Read By Title. Committee Amendments Read And Adopted; Ordered Engrossed And Recommitted To The Committee On Judiciary A. on 04/29/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to guardian ad litem fees. [HB-808] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Human Services ] [Budget and Spending ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 625.041, 625.080, 625.0405, and 620.100 to increase the maximum fee that can be paid to guardians ad litem and court appointed counsel to $600.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/05/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to trusts. [HB-771] [Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 386B.1-010 to add definitions; create new sections of Subchapter 5 of KRS Chapter 386B to permit the establishment of spendthrift trusts; establish rules for spendthrift trusts; amend KRS 386B.1-030, 386B.4-110, 386.175, 390.320, 394.035, and 394.640 to conform; repeal KRS 386B.5-010 to 386B.5-060.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Lockett Delivered To Secretary Of State on 04/15/2024

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