Civil Actions And Procedures
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception [SB-344]
[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: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 606 on 05/09/2024
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Legally Protected Health Care - Gender-Affirming Treatment [SB-119]
[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: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 863 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Recreational Facilities [HB-162]
[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 employees is void and unenforceable under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Third Reading Passed (129-3) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Civil Immunity - Educator Intervention [HB-137]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a member of the administrative, educational, or support staff of any public, private, or parochial school, acting in an official capacity, is not civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from intervention in a student altercation or other student disturbance if the staff member intervened in a reasonably prudent manner and the actions taken do not constitute grossly negligent, willful, wanton, or intentionally tortious conduct.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 243 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death [HB-83]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing Canceled on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders [SB-50]
[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: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 260 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements [SB-31]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a provision in a contract or agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that requires the promisor to defend a promisee against claims brought by a third party.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements [HB-158]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a provision in a contract or agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that requires the promisor to defend a promisee against claims brought by a third party.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Affirmative Defenses - Business Data Breaches [SB-973]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing an affirmative defense to a civil action arising out of certain data breaches; establishing certain requirements for a covered business entity seeking to assert the affirmative defense established under the Act; providing that the Act may not be construed to create a private right of action or to affect any other immunity or defense available under statute or the common law; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/28/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception [HB-1230]
[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. Marvin Holmes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Decisions of the State Public Information Act Compliance Board - Appeals [HB-1051]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing an applicant to appeal a certain decision issued by the State Public Information Compliance Board; authorizing a party aggrieved by a final judgment of a circuit court in a proceeding for judicial review of a certain decision of the Board to appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 156 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence - Implementation Causing Injury or Death - Civil and Criminal Liability [HB-996]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing that a person who intentionally designs and creates artificial intelligence software able to cause physical injury or death is strictly liable for damages and subject to a civil penalty if the software is used to cause personal injury or death; and prohibiting a person from using a physical implement that acts independently of the person but is directed by artificial intelligence software to cause injury to or death of another.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury or Wrongful Death [HB-862]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
First Reading Judiciary on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Real Property - Nuisance Actions - Rodent Harborage [HB-841]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Authorizing an individual to bring a nuisance action for damages caused by rodent harborage on real property against an owner of the property; defining "rodent harborage" as a condition that provides sustenance or shelter for rodents, promotes their reproduction and continued existence on a property, creates or contributes to property damage, is injurious to public health and safety, or obstructs the reasonable use of the property; and authorizing the court to award compensatory and punitive damages to a prevailing plaintiff.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Service Commission – Judicial Review – Proceedings [HB-914]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifying that a certain proceeding for judicial review of a final decision or order by the Public Service Commission may be instituted in a circuit court for a county in which the public service company that is a party to the proceeding provides service or in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 562 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland False Claims Act and Maryland False Health Claims Act - Revisions [HB-773]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing certain persons to continue with actions under the Maryland False Claims Act and the Maryland False Health Claims Act when the governmental entity or the State elects not to proceed with the action; authorizing the governmental entity or the State to serve certain subpoenas under the Maryland False Claims Act and the Maryland False Health Claims Act; and requiring certain penalties under the Maryland False Claims Act and the Maryland False Health Claims Act be at least $5,000.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Health - Mental Health Care Provider Immunity and Establishment of Specialty Tertiary Care Psychiatric Programs [HB-732]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that certain mental health care providers, administrators of certain programs, and certain employees of administrators have immunity from liability for certain actions related to harm to or from certain patients; and providing that the Maryland Department of Health is a "reporting agency" for the purpose of certain provisions of law governing public-private partnerships under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Real Property - Sheriff's Sales - Procedures and Subordinate Interests [HB-729]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a sheriff's sale of real property extinguishes subordinate liens on the land being sold providing that certain provision of the Act do not impair certain liens on land; and authorizing on or before June 30, 2023, the Judiciary to transfer up to $12,000,000 of the fiscal year 2023 General Fund appropriation for the Judiciary to the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Courts – Wrongful Acts by Deceased Individuals – Actions In Rem [SB-683]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing an individual who has been harmed by a deceased individual for whom no estate has been opened to bring an action against the deceased individual's insurance policy for personal injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
District Court - Small Claims - Enforcement of Money Judgments [SB-594]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting the District Court, in aid of enforcement or execution of a money judgment resulting from a certain small claim action, from ordering the appearance of an individual for an examination or ordering an individual to answer interrogatories.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023