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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure – Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [SB-145] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ]
Authorizing an individual serving a term of confinement to petition a court to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; providing that a certain petitioner is entitled to assistance of counsel and, if indigent, representation by the Office of the Public Defender; and authorizing a certain person to apply to the Appellate Court of Maryland for leave to appeal a certain order in a certain manner and within a certain period of time after the court passes a certain order in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients [HB-153] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Law Enforcement ]
Adding an attorney representing a patient to the list of individuals to whom a health care provider is prohibited from charging a fee for providing copies of a medical record that will be used for the purpose of filing a claim regarding or appealing a denial of Social Security disability income or Social Security benefits.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 838 on 05/16/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to assistant county attorneys. [HB-137] [Law Enforcement ]
Amends KRS 69.300 to remove the residency requirement for assistant county attorneys.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 78) on 04/04/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to guardianship proceedings. [SB-53] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ]
Amend various sections of KRS 387.500 to 387.770 to change the term "ward" to "protected person"; allow the respondent the right to retain private counsel; set out the respondent's right to an attorney who does not act as a guardian ad litem; increase maximum allowable hourly rate for court-appointed attorneys; create new sections of KRS 387.500 to 387.770 to allow the court to address the needs of marital parties after the appointment of a guardian or conservator; allow the court to appoint a guardian ad litem for the respondent in certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas To Judiciary (s) on 01/03/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Additional General Assembly Appointments [SB-761]
Additional General Assembly Appointments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Peter Rabon Passed 1st Reading on 10/25/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Study Cost-of-Living Increase for ADAs/APDs [HB-695] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Study Cost-of-Living Increase for ADAs/APDs

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary G. Belk Passed 1st Reading on 04/19/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Task Force/Fair Publishing of Reviews [HB-669] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Media and Advertising ]
Task Force/Fair Publishing of Reviews

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Thomas Moss Passed 1st Reading on 04/19/2023

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Civil Legal Services Fund [HB-161] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sara Hannan Jud Rpt Cs(jud) New Title 4nr 2am on 02/15/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Hate Crimes Prevention Act [HB-596] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Hate Crimes Prevention Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary G. Belk Passed 1st Reading on 04/17/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Child Welfare, Soc. Serv., and DHHS Reforms [SB-625] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ]
Child Welfare, Soc. Serv., and DHHS Reforms

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joyce Riley Krawiec Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, And Operations Of The House on 06/26/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Regulatory Reform Act of 2024 [SB-607] [Economic Development ]
Regulatory Reform Act of 2024

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Lindsey Ford Ch. Sl 2024-45 on 07/09/2024

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2023 Regular Session

Provides relative to collections in legal malpractice [HB-290] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Provides relative to collections in legal malpractice

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Franklin J. Foil Read By Title, Under The Rules, Referred To The Committee On Civil Law And Procedure. on 04/10/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes [SB-382] [Disaster Relief ] [Budget and Spending ]
Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harold Kevin Corbin Ch. Sl 2024-57 on 12/11/2024

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State (Maine)
Maine 131st Legislature

An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer [HB-1352] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
An Act to Remove Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin T. Collings Placed In The Legislative Files. (dead) on 07/06/2023

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Elections: Voter Reg./legal Fund/comms [HB-129] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ]
An Act relating to elections; relating to voter registration; relating to candidate legal funds; relating to voting; relating to special needs voting; relating to absentee voting; relating to defamation claims based on the use of synthetic media; relating to the use of synthetic media in electioneering communications; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary Motion To Take Up Concur on 05/15/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Governor's Budget [HB-430] [Budget and Spending ]
Governor's Budget

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary G. Belk Passed 1st Reading on 03/23/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Expand Prob. Officer/Sheriff Authority [SB-340] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Expand Prob. Officer/Sheriff Authority

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Earl Britt Passed 1st Reading on 04/13/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

General Assembly Appointments [HB-411]
General Assembly Appointments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Destin Chase Hall Ch. Sl 2023-9 on 03/30/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Create New Public Defender District 22A [HB-400] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Create New Public Defender District 22A

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mitchell Smith Setzer Passed 1st Reading on 03/20/2023

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Civil Legal Services Fund [SB-104] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Kawasaki Not Taken Up - Adjourned Sine Die on 05/15/2024

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