Civil Actions And Procedures
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure [SB-785]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting certain common carriers from damaging certain public infrastructure, a bridge or highway owned, controlled, or maintained by the State or a county or municipality, necessitating the closure of the infrastructure; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; and authorizing the Attorney General or a State's Attorney to bring a civil action against a common carrier for a violation under the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 04/02/2024
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Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Person of a Disabled Person - Expedited Proceedings [SB-759]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a court to rule on petitions to appoint a guardian of the person of a disabled person in order to seek transfer or discharge of a disabled person from a hospital within 10 days; and requiring that hearings to appoint a guardian of the person of a disabled person be held virtually unless the party seeking appointment requests that the hearing be held in person.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
General Provisions - Damages or Losses - Definition [HB-832]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Defining "damages" or "losses" in statutory causes of action to protect civil rights or consumer rights and providing that "damages" or "losses" includes reasonable nominal damages.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 884 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Government - Attorney General - Determinations and Settlements [SB-680]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the judge or jury in certain actions to make a certain determination and assign responsibility and liability in a certain manner; authorizing the State to continue to pursue certain actions if it does not obtain complete relief from certain responsible persons; establishing that certain provisions of law requiring uniform contribution among joint tort-feasors do not apply to certain actions; and establishing the impact of a certain settlement on the liability of certain responsible persons.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 137 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Person of a Disabled Person - Expedited Proceedings [HB-698]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a court to rule on petitions to appoint a guardian of the person of a disabled person in order to seek transfer or discharge of a disabled person from a hospital within 10 days; and requiring that hearings to appoint a guardian of the person of a disabled person be held virtually unless the party seeking appointment requests that the hearing be held in person.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Peace Orders - Visual Surveillance [SB-632]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has conducted visual surveillance of areas of the petitioner's residence where the petitioner has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Legally Protected Health Care - Gender-Affirming Treatment [HB-691]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "legally protected health care" to include certain gender-affirming treatment, including medications and supplies, for the purposes of certain provisions of law that prohibit health occupations disciplinary actions and certain actions in criminal and civil proceedings and the use of certain resources in furtherance of certain investigations and proceedings related to legally protected health care.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation [SB-568]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing certain standards and requirements relating to a motion to dismiss an alleged SLAPP suit; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 415 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Enforcement Actions Brought by the Attorney General - Statute of Limitations [HB-595]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that certain civil enforcement actions brought by the Attorney General may be instituted at any time.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Unauthorized Dissemination of Personal Identifying Information - Prohibition [HB-555]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting the unauthorized dissemination of certain personal identifying information without permission, with the intent to threaten, intimidate, abuse, harass or frighten a person, or place the person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury or intend the information to be used in such a way; establishing a cause of action for a person injured by the intentional dissemination of certain personal identifying information; establishing certain penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death [SB-538]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act only to causes of action arising after October 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 03/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024) [SB-488]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly creating, maintaining, or contributing to harm to the public through the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product under certain circumstances; requiring a firearm industry member to establish and implement certain reasonable controls regarding the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, possession, or use of certain firearm-related products; authorizing certain civil actions for violations of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Second Reading Passed With Amendments on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Recreational Facilities [SB-452]
[Recreation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that a provision in a contract or agreement relating to the use of a recreational facility that purports to limit the recreational facility's liability, or release the recreational facility from or indemnify or hold harmless the recreational facility against liability, for injury caused by or resulting from the negligence or other wrongful acts of the recreational facility or its agents or on-duty employees is void and unenforceable under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 941 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability [HB-432]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 444 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception [HB-382]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practice land surveying.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 607 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders [HB-394]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Providing that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 259 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation [HB-330]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing certain standards and requirements relating to a motion to dismiss an alleged SLAPP suit; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Petition for Guardianship of the Property of Alleged Disabled Person - Stay of Civil Actions and Proceedings [HB-359]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a petitioner to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring, to effectuate service of process for certain civil actions against an alleged disabled person, the temporary or permanent guardian of the property of the disabled person to be served; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Third Reading Passed (135-0) on 03/14/2024