Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [SB-606]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at a certain time for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
SB-606: Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
Criminal Procedure - Committed Persons - Release Proceedings [SB-551]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that certain provisions of the Maryland Rules relating to discovery in civil matters apply in a certain administrative proceeding; requiring a court that receives a certain report to promptly notify counsel of record for the committed person; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify the court and certain persons if the Department receives a certain report; requiring a court to hold a hearing on request by any party after a certain application is made; etc.
Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [HB-664]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
HB-664: Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/09/2024
Agricultural Land - Adversarial Foreign Governments - Restrictions on Property Interests [HB-616]
[Agriculture ]
[National Security ]
[Real Estate ]
[Trade ]
[Property Tax ]
Prohibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.
HB-616: Agricultural Land - Adversarial Foreign Governments - Restrictions on Property Interests
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Munoz
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [SB-575]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
SB-575: Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 415 on 05/09/2024
Judges; election in Court of Appeals of Virginia, circuit court, etc. [HJR-99]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, Circuit Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, members of the State Corporation Commission, and a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
HJR-99: Judges; election in Court of Appeals of Virginia, circuit court, etc.
Clerks' offices; days of operation, clerks' authority to close office. [SB-736]
[Law Enforcement ]
Days of operation of clerks' offices; clerks' authority to close office. Allows the clerk of the circuit court of any county or city to close the clerk's office on (i) Christmas Eve; (ii) any day or portion of a day that the Governor declares as a holiday for state employees; and (iii) any day or portion of a day on which the Governor, Supreme Court, or Judicial Council authorizes state offices to be closed. Under current law, the clerk may only close the clerk's office once a judge authorizes such clerk to do so in these circumstances.
SB-736: Clerks' offices; days of operation, clerks' authority to close office.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0521) on 04/04/2024
Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit. [SB-710]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the First, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia.
SB-710: Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0606) on 04/05/2024
Agricultural Land - Adversarial Foreign Governments - Restrictions on Property Interests [SB-392]
[Agriculture ]
[National Security ]
[Real Estate ]
[Trade ]
[Property Tax ]
Prohibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.
SB-392: Agricultural Land - Adversarial Foreign Governments - Restrictions on Property Interests
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
Real Property - Recordation - Procedures [SB-423]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a county treasurer, tax collector, or director of finance to provide a certificate enumerating certain taxes, assessments, and charges against a property and to establish certain procedures to facilitate the issuance of a certificate; requiring a collecting agent presented with a certificate to endorse a deed on payment of transfer and recordation taxes and all charges stated in the certificate and establishing that this endorsement is sufficient authority for a transfer on the assessment books; etc.
SB-423: Real Property - Recordation - Procedures
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary James
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 362 on 04/25/2024
Clerks' offices; days of operation, clerks' authority to close office. [HB-1396]
[Law Enforcement ]
Days of operation of clerks' offices; clerks' authority to close office. Allows the clerk of the circuit court of any county or city to close the clerk's office on (i) Christmas Eve; (ii) any day or portion of a day that the Governor declares as a holiday for state employees; and (iii) any day or portion of a day on which the Governor, Supreme Court, or Judicial Council authorizes state offices to be closed. Under current law, the clerk may only close the clerk's office once a judge authorizes such clerk to do so in these circumstances.
HB-1396: Clerks' offices; days of operation, clerks' authority to close office.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0482) on 04/04/2024
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Monetary Relief [HB-368]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain maximum amounts of monetary relief the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to award if the Commission finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act under provisions of law regarding public accommodations and persons licensed or regulated by the Maryland Department of Labor; and requiring, by July 1, 2025, and by each July 1 for the next 4 years, the Commission to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the impact of the Act on persons against whom complaints were filed.
HB-368: Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Monetary Relief
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/26/2024
Relating To Minors. [HB-792]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a criminal offense or adult convicted of a felony criminal offense that was committed before reaching the age of majority, the discretion to impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration that is as much as fifty per cent shorter than any mandatory minimum and, in certain cases, decline to impose a mandatory enhanced sentence. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. May Mizuno
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk [HB-300]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Transferring, from the county administrative judge of the circuit court for the county to the clerk of the circuit court for the county, the authority to designate a deputy clerk to perform a marriage ceremony.
HB-300: Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 927 on 05/16/2024
General district and circuit courts; transfer, civil jurisdiction. [HB-1343]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Civil jurisdiction of general district courts and circuit courts; transfer. Provides that while a matter is pending in general district court, upon motion of either the plaintiff or defendant seeking to increase the amount of the claim, the court is required to order a transfer to circuit court without requiring that the case first be dismissed or that the plaintiff suffer a nonsuit. Similarly, the bill provides that while a matter is pending in circuit court, upon motion of either the plaintiff or defendant seeking to decrease the amount of the
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HB-1343: General district and circuit courts; transfer, civil jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal. [SB-580]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
Department of Environmental Quality; review and authorization of projects; hearing and appeal. Allows any person aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of Environmental Quality regarding the authorization of a project and who has participated in a proceeding for a permit to construct or operate a small renewable energy project under procedures adopted by the Department to seek judicial review of such action in accordance with the Administrative Process Act in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond within 30 days of such decision. The
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SB-580: Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0774) on 04/08/2024