Civil Actions
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitations Periods [SB-413]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as against public policy; excluding certain entities from the application of the Act; providing that a violation of the Act is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Referred Economic Matters on 02/21/2025
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Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maximum Penalty Increase [SB-402]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Increasing the maximum penalty that may be assessed for a violation recorded by a speed monitoring system located in Baltimore City from $40 to $60.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense [HB-487]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a government official; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Nonsexual Abuse and Neglect - Damages and Statute of Limitations [HB-456]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing a certain statute of limitations in certain civil actions relating to child nonsexual abuse and neglect; establishing a limitation of $1,500,000 on noneconomic damages that may be awarded under the Act; providing that a certain party may appeal an interlocutory order under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively and retroactively to certain actions barred by a certain statute of limitations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) [HB-497]
[Children and Youth ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from picking up children between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; authorizing an individual and the Attorney General to bring a certain civil action against certain transportation companies; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 343 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Forged Digital Likenesses - Distribution - Prohibition [SB-362]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that the distribution of a certain forged digital likeness to another constitutes a statement or communication for the purpose of an action for defamation; prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a certain forged digital likeness under certain circumstances; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a term of imprisonment of up to 3 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 1/29 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Civil Penalties - Process [SB-366]
[Elections ]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to issue a certain notice to persons the State Board believes are committing or have committed certain campaign finance violations; requiring the State Board to adopt comprehensive regulations establishing an appeal process for persons issued the notice; altering the circumstances under which the State Board is authorized to issue a citation to persons the State Board believes are committing or have committed certain campaign finance violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action [SB-360]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Defining the term "visual representation" as it relates to the crime of revenge porn to be an unaltered image of the person or an image created with or without using other existing depictions of the person that is indistinguishable from the person, from the perspective of an ordinary person; and authorizing a person to bring a civil action for revenge porn.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 219 on 04/22/2025
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Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
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Sheriffs; constables; service; mileage; fees [SB-1161]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Sheriffs; constables; service; mileage; fees
Sponsored by: Sen. David Gowan
Governor Signed on 07/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Distribution of Obscene Material to Minors and Age Verification Information [HB-394]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
Establishing that a commercial entity that distributes obscene material to minors on the Internet from certain websites is liable for certain damages; and prohibiting a commercial entity or third party that performs a certain age verification of an individual from retaining any identifying information of an individual under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitation Periods [HB-431]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a consumer contract from setting a shorter time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than required by the law of the State; excluding certain entities from the application of this Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 194 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation [HB-434]
[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 I Rosenberg
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law) [HB-438]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing from $10,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of compensatory damages that may be awarded to an owner of a pet from a person who tortiously causes an injury to or death of the pet while acting individually or through an animal under the person's ownership, direction, or control.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 101 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 210 PG 306-25 [HB-349]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Increasing the maximum civil penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Piscataway Highway) in Prince George's County that involve exceeding the maximum speed limit by certain amounts.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 596 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Climate Change - Attorney General Actions, Climate Change Restitution Fund, and Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council [HB-340]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council to provide information to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the General Assembly on climate change and the distribution of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association [HB-335]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "local code violation" to authorize community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; requiring certain notices relating to nuisance actions to be provided to the county code enforcement agency and certain tenants and property owners; and repealing a provision of law requiring the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to determine the amount and conditions of a bond filed by a community association in a certain nuisance action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to the taxation of currency and bullion currency and declaring an emergency. [HB-2]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to create a violation when an official notice published by the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or the commissioner of the Department of Revenue improperly instructs that taxpayers should continue to collect and remit sales and use tax on currency or bullion currency, allow the taxpayer to file an action for refund in Circuit Court, and entitle the taxpayer to interest, injunctive relief, attorney's fees and costs, and liquidated damages of $1,000 for each day that the violation occurred;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Received In House on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sanctuary policies. [HB-213]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Immigration ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit local governments and local government personnel from enacting, adopting, or otherwise enforcing any sanctuary policy; allow civil actions against local governments or local law enforcement agencies for damages, costs, and attorney's fees if a person subject to a detainer is released from custody as a result of a sanctuary policy of the local government or local law enforcement agency and commits a violent crime; withdraw immunities afforded local governments and local law enforcement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Huff
To Local Government (h) on 02/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation. [HB-206]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
2nd Reading, To Rules on 02/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-174]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy J. Tate
To Health Services (h) on 02/04/2025