Civil Actions
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions Against Firearm Industry Members - Private Right of Action [HB-1158]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing persons who suffer injury or loss to bring an action against a firearm industry member for certain unlawful or unreasonable conduct.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [HB-349]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411
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Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of unborn children. [SB-106]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Crime ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 311.772, relating to the intentional termination of life of an unborn human being, to define terms; establish criminal penalties and fines for a foreign sender who provides an abortifacient or abortion-inducing drug; establish a civil cause of action that is available to a woman who receives an abortifacient; establish available relief; amend KRS 218A.100 to include abortifacients and abortion-inducing drugs as Schedule IV controlled substance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings
Introduced In Senate on 02/05/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to immigrants. [HB-352]
[Immigration ]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 164.020 to provide that no alien illegally present in the United States shall be classified as having Kentucky residency for the purpose of public postsecondary education institution tuition; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to obtain and collect from each public postsecondary education institution immigration data on the institution's students and report the data to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit public postsecondary education institutions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of unborn children. [HB-316]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Crime ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 311.772, relating to the intentional termination of life of an unborn human being, to define terms; establish criminal penalties and fines for a foreign sender who provides an abortifacient or abortion-inducing drug; establish a civil cause of action that is available to a woman who receives an abortifacient; establish available relief; amend KRS 218A.100 to include abortifacients and abortion-inducing drugs as Schedule IV controlled substance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Calloway
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to rights and obligations of landlords and tenants to a residential lease. [HB-359]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repeal and reenact various sections of KRS Chapter 383 to amend the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to conform; amend KRS 383.715 to conform; repeal KRS 383.300, 303.302, 383.500, 383.505, 383.515, 383.525, 383.540, 383.580, 383.620, and 383.665; apply to a lease made on or after the effective date of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Local Government (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officers. [HB-360]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 15.391, relating to revocation of peace officer certification, to establish requirements for the revocation of a peace officer's certification when the peace officer has been accused of professional malfeasance or professional nonfeasance; establish that a peace officer has a right to be present during any proceeding relating to revocation; require proceedings to proceed within 90 days; require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to find that an employing agency has complied with a peace officers rights under KRS 15.520, 67C.321, 67C.323,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Michael Nemes
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to residential detectors. [HB-339]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 227 to require owner, seller, or lessor to have functional smoke, carbon monoxide, and gas detectors where applicable in all existing residential structures; require seller or lessor to verify in affidavit prior to transfer or tenancy of property; exempt KRS Chapter 324 licensees from liability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy J. Tate
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to eminent domain. [HB-353]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Property Tax ]
[Construction ]
Create new sections of KRS 99.700 to 99.730 to allow a commission or alternative government entity to obtain an administrative warrant to inspect blighted or abandoned properties; require commissions and alternative government entities to exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with KRS 99.700 to 99.730; amend KRS 99.705 to define "abandoned property"; redefine "blighted property"; amend KRS 99.720 to require two notices of local code violations prior to certification of a property as blighted or abandoned; amend KRS 99.725 to require
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Farmers Protection Act [HB-62]
[Agriculture ]
Farmers Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna McDowell White
Withdrawn From Com on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
PFAS Chemicals - Civil Actions and Prohibition on Consumer Product Sales [HB-1112]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Water ]
Altering the time limits for bringing an action for wrongful death or personal injury concerning exposure of a person to PFAS chemicals; and prohibiting a person, on or after July 1, 2026, from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in the State a consumer product that contains PFAS chemicals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Punitive Damage Awards - Surcharge [HB-1099]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that punitive damages may be awarded in a civil action only if the plaintiff proves by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with gross negligence; requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a certain surcharge on a defendant against whom a judgement for punitive damages is entered; requiring the Administrator to deposit money collected from the surcharge into the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax Collection by Comptroller [HB-1103]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring certain accommodations intermediaries to collect and remit the hotel rental tax to the Comptroller rather than to each county; providing for the administration of the hotel rental tax by the Comptroller; providing that certain provisions of State law prevail over certain local laws or agreements related to the hotel rental tax; repealing the authority of certain counties to provide for certain exemptions from the hotel rental tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Residential Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Landlord Entry [HB-1076]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with certain written notice in a certain manner at least 24 hours in advance of when the landlord intends to enter a leased premises, except in the event of a certain emergency; and authorizing the court to issue a certain injunction or assess certain damages under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 564 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [HB-1096]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Agricultural Equipment Warranties [SB-990]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to a certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain parties to correct the nonconformity, defect, or condition in a certain manner; requiring certain parties to provide a consumer with the opportunity to replace agricultural equipment or receive a refund under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason C. Gallion
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property rights. [HB-250]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
[Property Tax ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer to immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying a residential dwelling or other structure under certain circumstances; provide criminal and civil immunity to law enforcement officers and property owners acting in good faith; create a civil cause of action for wrongful removal; create a new section of KRS Chapter 523 to establish the offense of making a false statement to detain real property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars. [HB-254]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 65.013 to create a cause of action for violations of the use of tax dollars to advocate for or against public questions on ballot or to lobby or participate in executive agency lobbying; establish time limitation to commence suit and appropriate venue; provide damages recoverable per violation; allow for a class action; prohibit holding a position of public trust or profit for 10 years for individuals held civilly liable; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to establish criminal penalty and a prohibition against holding a position of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to human trafficking. [SB-97]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to define terms; provide a nonprofit human trafficking victim service provider with standing to pursue a civil action against a trafficker; establish notice requirements; delineate damages that may be sought; provide for distribution of any award received.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse. [HB-232]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025