Circuit Courts
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [HB-428]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a provider of medical services, products, or devices, but does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland [HB-315]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State and Local Government - Sanctuary Policies and Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law (Rachel Morin Act) [HB-85]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing provisions of law prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to an individual's citizenship or immigration status; prohibiting a county or municipality from adopting, enacting, or enforcing a sanctuary policy; requiring a county or municipality to fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities regarding certain individuals unlawfully present in the United States; etc.
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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.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease [HB-271]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Circuit Court Judges - Nonpartisan Elections [HB-44]
[Elections ]
Requiring circuit court judges to be elected on a nonpartisan basis; prohibiting a candidate for circuit court judge from being nominated by a political party or by petition; and requiring candidates to be nominated at the primary election in each year that one or more circuit court judges are to be elected.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [SB-39]
[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.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Circuit Court - Judges [HB-125]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Increasing from three to four the number of resident judges of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's County.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. [HB-1263]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related to prosecutions of criminal offenses.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. [SB-481]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related to prosecutions of criminal offenses.
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Virginia 2024 Special I
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [SR-605]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2024 Special I
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [HR-685]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2024 Special I
Judges; election in circuit court, general district court, and juvenile & domestic rel. district ct. [HJR-6002]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, and a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [SR-135]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [HR-343]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Judges; election in circuit court, general district court, etc. [HJR-427]
[Elections ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Election of Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges, Circuit Court Election of Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Zoning – Board of Appeals Decisions or Zoning Actions – Judicial Review [HB-1449]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Applying to charter counties and the City of Baltimore certain provisions relating to a request for judicial review of certain decisions of a board of appeals or a zoning action; specifying when a person is aggrieved by a board of appeals decision or a zoning action of a legislative body for purposes of requesting judicial review by a circuit court; authorizing certain corporations, unincorporated associations, and other organizations to file a request for judicial review of a board of appeals decision or a zoning action; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligible Properties - Alteration [HB-1324]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Expanding eligibility for the homestead property tax credit to include additional residences.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Predictable Scheduling Act [HB-1226]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to employees, notifications regarding changes to the schedules, and payment of wages to employees whose work schedules are changed by the employer; authorizing certain employees to request an adjustment in a work schedule before beginning a shift; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Organizations - Underlying Crime [HB-1063]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "underlying crime" that is applicable to certain prohibitions against participation in criminal organizations.