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Civil Actions

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-1660	State (Maryland)	Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to provide that the prohibition against the freedom of speech and debate or proceedings in the Legislature being impeached in a court does not prohibit the disclosure of records related to a crime of which a Senator or Delegate or former Senator or Delegate has been convicted; and providing that the prohibition against Senators and Delegates being liable in certain actions for words spoken in debate does not prohibit the disclosure of certain records. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	State Government - General Assembly Civil Actions Constitutional Amendments Crimes And Punishments Disclosure Ex-offenders General Assembly Liability Records Referendum
HB-582	State (Idaho)	CIVIL ACTIONS -- Amends existing law to define the term “willful or reckless misconduct.” Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Civil Actions
HB-579	State (Kentucky)	Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 504 regarding forensic psychiatric facilities to limit evaluation and treatment to persons charged or convicted of violent offenses, rather than for all felonies; specify that if there is no substantial probablity that the defendant will attain competency, charges are to be dismissed without prejudice prior to a hearing under KRS Chapter 202A or 202B; amend definitions in KRS 202A.011 and 202B.010 to conform. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Crimes And Punishments Criminal Procedure Mental Disability State Agencies Civil Actions
HB-551	State (Kentucky)	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 452 to set the venue for constitutional challenges to statutes, executive orders, and regulations; establish procedures for selecting a panel of three Circuit Judges to hear challenges, establish three districts from which panel judges can be drawn. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Judges And Court Commissioners Statutes Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Circuit Clerks Civil Actions Civil Procedure Courts, Circuit Governor
HB-559	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 452.485 to insert gender-neutral language. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Courts Civil Actions Civil Procedure
HB-562	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 620.090 to require that a child support order be established or modified within 7 days of an order of temporary removal. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Children And Minors Civil Actions Civil Procedure
HB-1656	State (Maryland)	Requiring certain businesses that collect a consumer's personal information to provide certain clear and conspicuous notices to the consumer at or before the point of collection; authorizing a consumer to submit a certain request for information to a certain business that collects the consumer's personal information; requiring a certain business to comply with a certain request for information in a certain manner and within a certain time; establishing the Consumer Privacy Fund; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Commercial Law - Consumer Protection Advertising Age Appropriations Auditors And Audits Biometrics Budgets Civil Actions Commerce And Business Consumer Protection
SB-1075	State (Maryland)	Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Cannabis, and Tobacco Commission; providing that a member of the Commission may not have a certain interest, ownership, or management in the cannabis industry; establishing the Advisory Committee on Adult-Use Cannabis; providing an individual at least 21 years old and in possession of a certain amount of cannabis is not subject to arrest or any civil or administrative penalty; imposing a certain excise tax on the sale of cannabis under certain circumstances; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Taxes - Sales And Use Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Public Health Advertising Age Of Majority Alcoholic Beverages Annotated Code Of Maryland Arrests Boundaries Cannabis
SB-1067	State (Maryland)	Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the State Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before June 1, 2022, establishing uniform standards for mold assessment and remediation; requiring the Department of the Environment to submit a certain annual indoor air quality report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1 beginning in 2023; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Environment Education - Miscellaneous Real Property Apartments Assisted Living Child Care Civil Actions Counties Damages Disclosure
HB-521	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 15.241 to require the Attorney General, upon certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties for violations of KRS Chapter 216B relating to abortion facilities and KRS 311.720 to 311.830 relating to abortions; provide that the Attorney General may seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties, notwithstanding the absence of certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EMERGENCY. Republican: 100% (11) 100% Republican support	Crimes And Punishments Criminal Procedure Effective Dates, Emergency Parental Rights Reproductive Issues Attorney General Children And Minors Civil Actions
HB-1648	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Acupuncturists Administrative Agencies Advertising Agents And Brokers Ambulances Appropriations Audiologists And Speech Pathologists Audiologists And Speech Pathologists Auditors And Audits
HB-1648	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Acupuncturists Administrative Agencies Advertising Agents And Brokers Ambulances Appropriations Audiologists And Speech Pathologists Audiologists And Speech Pathologists Auditors And Audits
SB-1064	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Acupuncturists Administrative Agencies Advertising Advertising Agents And Brokers Ambulances Appropriations Appropriations Audiologists And Speech Pathologists
HB-3	State (Kentucky)	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to lift the statute of limitations for certain lawsuits where comparative fault is an issue; extend the statute of limitations for one year for plaintiffs who submit claims regarding long-term-care facilities to an evaluation process; exempt passive investors from liability in claims against long-term-care facilities. Republican: 100% (3) 100% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Attorneys Civil Actions Hospitals And Nursing Homes
HB-490	State (Kentucky)	Amend 344.450 to allow parties to recover punitive damages. Democrat: 100% (18) 100% Democrat support	Courts, Circuit Civil Actions Civil Rights
HB-489	State (Kentucky)	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 320, relating to optometrists, to grant an optometrist immunity from civil liability when providing voluntary services without compensation; establish the same civil immunity for the owner or operator of the facility where the optometry services are provided; direct the optometrist to inform the patient regarding the civil immunity and have the patient sign a waiver to that effect; forbid an optometrist from providing the volunteer services at the optometrist's regular office or place of practice; direct the optometry board to create a registry of optometrists and locations authorized for volunteer optometry services; require registration for both the optometrist and the location before the optometry services may be rendered; amend KRS 320.310 to conform. Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3) 70% Democrat support 30% Republican support	Health And Medical Services Licensing Occupations And Professions Optometrists Physicians And Practitioners Civil Actions
HB-480	State (Kentucky)	Establish KRS Chapter 408 to adopt the Uniform Parentage Act (2017); amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 199.503 and KRS Chapter 406. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Corrections Impact Local Mandate Courts, District Crimes And Punishments Domestic Relations Guardians Men Parental Rights Reproductive Issues Technical Corrections
HB-472	State (Kentucky)	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for courts to dismiss civil actions that are determined to be harassing and malicious; allow for court costs and attorney fees to be awarded to the prevailing party; allow courts to impose filing restrictions upon any plaintiff they find to be an abusive civil action plaintiff; establish procedures to allow abusive civil action plaintiffs to file suit; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Courts Civil Actions Civil Procedure
SB-188	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 504.110 to refer certain violent criminal defendants who are incompetent to stand trial with no substantial probability of attaining competency to a new type of involuntary commitment to be created in KRS Chapter 202C; create definitions; assign guardian ad litem; establish hearing procedures and commitment criteria; establish a schedule and procedures for review hearings; require for promulgation of administrative regulations. Democrat: 66% (2) Republican: 33% (1) 66% Democrat support 33% Republican support	Courts Crimes And Punishments Criminal Procedure Mental Disability Mental Health Prosecutors State Agencies Public Safety Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Attorneys
HB-459	State (Kentucky)	Amend KRS 156.070 to require the Kentucky Board of Education or agency designated by the board of education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to designate all athletic teams, activities, and sports based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibiting male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as girls; and defining the methods of establishing a students' biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a school that violates these provisions; require that the action be brought within 2 years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require a public postsecondary education institution or private postsecondary education institution that is a member of a national intercollegiate athletic association to designate all intercollegiate and intramural athletic teams, activities, sports, and events that are sponsored or authorized by the institution based on biological sex of students eligible to participate; require that those institutions prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as womens'; and define the methods of establishing a postsecondary student's biological sex; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations of policies; create a cause of action against a postsecondary institution that violates these provisions; require that the action be brought within 2 years; title the Act: "Save Women’s Sports Act." Republican: 100% (5) 100% Republican support	Education, Elementary And Secondary Education, Higher Universities And Colleges Women Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Athletics Children And Minors Civil Actions Claims Boards And Commissions

Title: General Assembly - Legislative Privilege - Exception for Records Related to a Crime

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1660

Subjects: State Government - General Assembly, Civil Actions, Constitutional Amendments, Crimes And Punishments, Disclosure, Ex-offenders, General Assembly, Liability, Records, Referendum

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Amends existing law to define the term “willful or reckless misconduct.”

Session: Idaho 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-582

Subjects: Civil Actions

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to mentally ill and intellectually disabled defendants.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-579

Subjects: Crimes And Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Mental Disability, State Agencies, Civil Actions

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to civil actions.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-551

Subjects: Judges And Court Commissioners, Statutes, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings, Circuit Clerks, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure, Courts, Circuit, Governor

Republican: 100% (2)

Title: AN ACT relating to the judiciary.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-559

Subjects: Courts, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to child support.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-562

Subjects: Children And Minors, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Commercial Law - Consumer Privacy and Data Collection

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1656

Subjects: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection, Advertising, Age, Appropriations, Auditors And Audits, Biometrics, Budgets, Civil Actions, Commerce And Business, Consumer Protection

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Adult-Use Cannabis - Legalization

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1075

Subjects: Taxes - Sales And Use, Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes, Public Health, Advertising, Age Of Majority, Alcoholic Beverages, Annotated Code Of Maryland, Arrests, Boundaries, Cannabis

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Environment - Mold Inspections - Standards, Reporting, and Penalties

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1067

Subjects: Environment, Education - Miscellaneous, Real Property, Apartments, Assisted Living, Child Care, Civil Actions, Counties, Damages, Disclosure

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to the Attorney General and declaring an emergency.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-521

Subjects: Crimes And Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Effective Dates, Emergency, Parental Rights, Reproductive Issues, Attorney General, Children And Minors, Civil Actions

Republican: 100% (11)

Title: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1648

Subjects: Public Health, Acupuncturists, Administrative Agencies, Advertising, Agents And Brokers, Ambulances, Appropriations, Audiologists And Speech Pathologists, Audiologists And Speech Pathologists, Auditors And Audits

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1648

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1064

Subjects: Public Health, Acupuncturists, Administrative Agencies, Advertising, Advertising, Agents And Brokers, Ambulances, Appropriations, Appropriations, Audiologists And Speech Pathologists

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to civil justice reform.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-3

Subjects: Health And Medical Services, Attorneys, Civil Actions, Hospitals And Nursing Homes

Republican: 100% (3)

Title: AN ACT relating to civil rights.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-490

Subjects: Courts, Circuit, Civil Actions, Civil Rights

Democrat: 100% (18)

Title: AN ACT relating to optometrists.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-489

Subjects: Health And Medical Services, Licensing, Occupations And Professions, Optometrists, Physicians And Practitioners, Civil Actions

Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3)

Title: AN ACT relating to parentage and making an appropriation therefor.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-480

Subjects: Corrections Impact, Local Mandate, Courts, District, Crimes And Punishments, Domestic Relations, Guardians, Men, Parental Rights, Reproductive Issues, Technical Corrections

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to civil actions.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-472

Subjects: Courts, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to competency to stand trial.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-188

Subjects: Courts, Crimes And Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Mental Disability, Mental Health, Prosecutors, State Agencies, Public Safety, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings, Attorneys

Democrat: 66% (2) Republican: 33% (1)

Title: AN ACT relating to athletics.

Session: Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-459

Subjects: Education, Elementary And Secondary, Education, Higher, Universities And Colleges, Women, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings, Athletics, Children And Minors, Civil Actions, Claims, Boards And Commissions

Republican: 100% (5)

Civil Actions

HB-1660

State (Maryland)

HB-582

State (Idaho)

HB-579

State (Kentucky)

HB-551

State (Kentucky)

HB-559

State (Kentucky)

HB-562

State (Kentucky)

HB-1656

State (Maryland)

SB-1075

State (Maryland)

SB-1067

State (Maryland)

HB-521

State (Kentucky)

HB-1648

State (Maryland)

HB-1648

State (Maryland)

SB-1064

State (Maryland)

HB-3

State (Kentucky)

HB-490

State (Kentucky)

HB-489

State (Kentucky)

HB-480

State (Kentucky)

HB-472

State (Kentucky)

SB-188

State (Kentucky)

HB-459

State (Kentucky)