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Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-1652	State (Maryland)	Establishing the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Maryland Department of Labor for purposes of ensuring effective communications for deaf, deaf-blind, and hard of hearing persons and to promote the public welfare by regulating those who provide sign language interpretation services; providing that certain provisions of law do not apply to certain individuals; authorizing the Board to set licensing requirements for sign language interpreters and certain fees; establishing the Sign Language Interpreters Fund; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Business Regulation And Occupations Advertising Appropriations Attorneys Attorneys' Fees Blind Persons Budgets Certifications Clinics Committees And Commissions
SB-1042	State (Maryland)	Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); specifying the conditions under which a lawsuit is not considered a SLAPP suit; altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; providing for a plaintiff's burden and the award of certain fees in connection with a motion to dismiss; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc. Democrat: 100% (3) 100% Democrat support	Civil Actions And Procedures Appeals Attorneys' Fees Civil Actions Commerce And Business Court Costs Human Rights Insurance Petitions Securities
HB-1335	State (Maryland)	Providing that a person who, on or after October 1, 2020, has been charged with the commission of a certain crime, has been charged with a certain civil offense or infraction, or is the subject of a certain warrant, is entitled to automatic expungement of certain records under certain circumstances; specifying that certain dispositions are eligible for automatic expungement at certain times; etc. Democrat: 88% (8) Republican: 11% (1) 88% Democrat support 11% Republican support	Criminal Law - Procedure Civil Actions Court Costs Courts Courts Crimes And Punishments Crimes And Punishments Electronic Government Electronic Government Expungement
HB-1299	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting certain physicians from having a financial relationship with each other; repealing a provision of law providing that a physician is not liable for certain damages or subject to a certain penalty under certain circumstances; prohibiting a physician from performing or inducing or attempting to perform or induce an abortion before making a certain determination; requiring a physician to use a certain method for detecting a certain heartbeat; etc. Republican: 100% (15) 100% Republican support	Public Health Abortion Age Age Archives Attorneys' Fees Attorneys' Fees Civil Actions Civil Actions Communications
HB-1299	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting certain physicians from having a financial relationship with each other; repealing a provision of law providing that a physician is not liable for certain damages or subject to a certain penalty under certain circumstances; prohibiting a physician from performing or inducing or attempting to perform or induce an abortion before making a certain determination; requiring a physician to use a certain method for detecting a certain heartbeat; etc. Republican: 100% (15) 100% Republican support	Public Health Abortion Age Age Archives Attorneys' Fees Attorneys' Fees Civil Actions Civil Actions Communications
HB-1400	State (Maryland)	Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing an exception to the existing prohibition on obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous substance or procuring or attempting to procure the administration of a controlled dangerous substance under certain circumstances; etc. Democrat: 100% (17) 100% Democrat support	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Public Safety Public Health Advertising Age Annotated Code Of Maryland Attorneys Attorney General Auditors And Audits Boundaries
HB-1071	State (Maryland)	Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc. Republican: 75% (3) Democrat: 25% (1) 75% Republican support 25% Democrat support	Public Health Health Occupations Health Care Facilities And Regulation Administrative Agencies Advertising Advertising Archives Archives Attorneys' Fees Attorneys' Fees
HB-1071	State (Maryland)	Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc. Republican: 75% (3) Democrat: 25% (1) 75% Republican support 25% Democrat support	Public Health Health Occupations Health Care Facilities And Regulation Administrative Agencies Advertising Advertising Archives Archives Attorneys' Fees Attorneys' Fees
HB-1097	State (Maryland)	Requiring that a certain summary that certain employers are required to keep conspicuously posted in certain places of employment include certain antiretaliation provisions; prohibiting certain employers from taking certain actions under the Maryland Wage and Hour Law and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law; prohibiting certain employers from discriminating against certain employees; requiring, to the extent practicable, the identity of the employee who filed a written complaint of certain violations be kept confidential; etc. Democrat: 100% (25) 100% Democrat support	Private Sector Labor And Industry Attorneys' Fees Civil Actions Claims Court Costs Courts Damages Disclosure Discrimination Ethics
HB-990	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a person with a secured interest in residential property in Baltimore County, under certain circumstances, to file an order to docket or complaint to foreclose accompanied by an affidavit that the residential property is vacant or unfit for human habitation under certain housing codes; providing, with a certain exception, that the requirements of certain provisions of law do not apply to an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on the property for which the affidavit is issued; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Real Property Counties - Local Laws Civil Actions And Procedures Abandoned Property Attorneys' Fees Baltimore County Codes Communications Court Costs Courts
HB-923	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County to grant up to five Class MT (movie theater) licenses to the same person; and increasing the fee for a Class MT license from $500 to $1,000. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills Attorneys Child Abuse And Neglect Citations Civil Actions Counties Court Costs Crimes And Punishments Disclosure District Courts
SB-783	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a court to award attorney's fees and related costs to the parent of a child with a disability who is the prevailing party in a certain special education proceeding; prohibiting a court from awarding attorney's fees and related costs to certain parents in a certain proceeding under certain circumstances; and authorizing an award of attorney's fees and related costs to a parent of a child with a disability who is a prevailing party under certain circumstances. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Education - Miscellaneous Courts And Court Personnel - Statewide Attorneys' Fees Court Costs Courts Disabilities Minors Parents And Guardians Special Education Time
SB-801	State (Maryland)	Authorizing the recovery of actual damages, expenses, litigation costs, and interest in obligee claims against surety insurance providers under certain circumstances; applying certain provisions of law on unfair claim settlement practices to surety insurance; requiring an obligee to comply with certain procedures before bringing a certain claim against a surety insurance provider; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Civil Actions And Procedures Insurance - Other Than Health Banks And Trust Companies Bonds Civil Actions Claims Contracts Court Costs Damages Financial Institutions
SB-811	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of certain records relating to certain cases. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Criminal Law - Procedure Civil Actions Court Costs Courts Crimes And Punishments Electronic Government Expungement Fees Judges Law Enforcement
HB-839	State (Maryland)	Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide temporary benefits to a covered individual who is taking leave from employment; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2021, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to pay certain contributions; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2022, a covered individual taking certain leave from employment to submit a claim for benefits; authorizing the establishment of private employer plans; etc. Democrat: 100% (63) 100% Democrat support	Private Sector Labor And Industry Adoption - See Also- Parents And Guardians Appeals Armed Forces Attorneys Attorneys' Fees Attorney General Auditors And Audits Certifications Checks
SB-679	State (Maryland)	Requiring the county to reimburse a defendant for the costs necessary to satisfy special conditions of release imposed by a court or District Court commissioner if all charges arising out of a single incident receive a not guilty disposition. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Criminal Law - Procedure Court Costs Courts District Courts Fees Pretrial Detention Or Release Reimbursement Rates
SB-675	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a person with a secured interest in residential property in Baltimore County, under certain circumstances, to file an order to docket or complaint to foreclose accompanied by an affidavit that the residential property is vacant or unfit for human habitation under certain housing codes; providing, with a certain exception, that the requirements of certain provisions of law do not apply to an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on the property for which the affidavit is issued; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Real Property Counties - Local Laws Civil Actions And Procedures Abandoned Property Attorneys' Fees Baltimore County Codes Communications Court Costs Courts
SB-696	State (Maryland)	Requiring any marketing or advertising materials published or provided by a behavioral health program to provide certain information about treatment services provided by the behavioral health program; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly and willfully making certain statements or providing certain information; prohibiting a health care practitioner from knowingly making false or misleading statements; requiring a certain behavioral health program to include a certain statement in any advertising; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Health Occupations Health Care Facilities And Regulation Administrative Agencies Advertising Archives Attorneys' Fees Attorney General Certifications Chemical Tests
SB-641	State (Maryland)	Requiring that a certain summary that certain employers are required to keep conspicuously posted in certain places of employment include certain antiretaliation provisions; prohibiting certain employers from taking certain actions under the Maryland Wage and Hour Law and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law; prohibiting certain employers from discriminating against certain employees under certain circumstances; etc. Democrat: 100% (3) 100% Democrat support	Private Sector Labor And Industry Attorneys' Fees Civil Actions Claims Court Costs Courts Damages Disclosure Discrimination Ethics
HB-681	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a provision in a contract or an agreement with a design professional for professional services that requires the design professional to indemnify or hold harmless certain parties unless the design professional is at fault for causing the loss, damage, or expense indemnified; prohibiting a provision in a contract or an agreement with a design professional for professional services that requires the design professional to defend certain parties against liability or certain claims; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Civil Actions And Procedures Architects Attorneys' Fees Contractors Contracts Court Costs Engineers Fees Highways Injury

Title: Maryland Sign Language Interpreter Act

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1652

Subjects: Business Regulation And Occupations, Advertising, Appropriations, Attorneys, Attorneys' Fees, Blind Persons, Budgets, Certifications, Clinics, Committees And Commissions

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Civil Actions – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1042

Subjects: Civil Actions And Procedures, Appeals, Attorneys' Fees, Civil Actions, Commerce And Business, Court Costs, Human Rights, Insurance, Petitions, Securities

Democrat: 100% (3)

Title: Criminal Procedure - Automatic Expungement

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1335

Subjects: Criminal Law - Procedure, Civil Actions, Court Costs, Courts, Courts, Crimes And Punishments, Crimes And Punishments, Electronic Government, Electronic Government, Expungement

Democrat: 88% (8) Republican: 11% (1)

Title: Public Health - Abortions - Modifications

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1299

Subjects: Public Health, Abortion, Age, Age, Archives, Attorneys' Fees, Attorneys' Fees, Civil Actions, Civil Actions, Communications

Republican: 100% (15)

Title: Public Health - Abortions - Modifications

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1299

Subjects: Public Health, Abortion, Age, Age, Archives, Attorneys' Fees, Attorneys' Fees, Civil Actions, Civil Actions, Communications

Republican: 100% (15)

Title: Cannabis - Legalization, Taxation, and Regulation

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1400

Subjects: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes, Public Safety, Public Health, Advertising, Age, Annotated Code Of Maryland, Attorneys, Attorney General, Auditors And Audits, Boundaries

Democrat: 100% (17)

Title: Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1071

Subjects: Public Health, Health Occupations, Health Care Facilities And Regulation, Administrative Agencies, Advertising, Advertising, Archives, Archives, Attorneys' Fees, Attorneys' Fees

Republican: 75% (3) Democrat: 25% (1)

Title: Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1071

Subjects: Public Health, Health Occupations, Health Care Facilities And Regulation, Administrative Agencies, Advertising, Advertising, Archives, Archives, Attorneys' Fees, Attorneys' Fees

Republican: 75% (3) Democrat: 25% (1)

Title: Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law – Revisions (Maryland Wage Protection Act)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1097

Subjects: Private Sector Labor And Industry, Attorneys' Fees, Civil Actions, Claims, Court Costs, Courts, Damages, Disclosure, Discrimination, Ethics

Democrat: 100% (25)

Title: Baltimore County - Foreclosure Proceedings - Affidavit That Property Is Vacant or Unfit for Human Habitation

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-990

Subjects: Real Property, Counties - Local Laws, Civil Actions And Procedures, Abandoned Property, Attorneys' Fees, Baltimore County, Codes, Communications, Court Costs, Courts

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class MT (Movie Theater) License

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-923

Subjects: Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills, Attorneys, Child Abuse And Neglect, Citations, Civil Actions, Counties, Court Costs, Crimes And Punishments, Disclosure, District Courts

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: Special Education - Judicial Actions - Attorney's Fees and Related Costs

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-783

Subjects: Education - Miscellaneous, Courts And Court Personnel - Statewide, Attorneys' Fees, Court Costs, Courts, Disabilities, Minors, Parents And Guardians, Special Education, Time

Democrat: 100% (2)

Title: Civil Action - Surety Insurance - Failure to Act in Good Faith

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-801

Subjects: Civil Actions And Procedures, Insurance - Other Than Health, Banks And Trust Companies, Bonds, Civil Actions, Claims, Contracts, Court Costs, Damages, Financial Institutions

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Criminal Procedure – Maryland Judiciary Case Search – Case Blocking

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-811

Subjects: Criminal Law - Procedure, Civil Actions, Court Costs, Courts, Crimes And Punishments, Electronic Government, Expungement, Fees, Judges, Law Enforcement

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-839

Subjects: Private Sector Labor And Industry, Adoption - See Also- Parents And Guardians, Appeals, Armed Forces, Attorneys, Attorneys' Fees, Attorney General, Auditors And Audits, Certifications, Checks

Democrat: 100% (63)

Title: Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Reimbursement of Special Condition Costs

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-679

Subjects: Criminal Law - Procedure, Court Costs, Courts, District Courts, Fees, Pretrial Detention Or Release, Reimbursement Rates

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Baltimore County - Foreclosure Proceedings - Affidavit That Property Is Vacant or Unfit for Human Habitation

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-675

Subjects: Real Property, Counties - Local Laws, Civil Actions And Procedures, Abandoned Property, Attorneys' Fees, Baltimore County, Codes, Communications, Court Costs, Courts

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Public Health - Substance-Related Disorder Services (Maryland Patient Protection and Treatment Ethics Act)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-696

Subjects: Public Health, Health Occupations, Health Care Facilities And Regulation, Administrative Agencies, Advertising, Archives, Attorneys' Fees, Attorney General, Certifications, Chemical Tests

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law – Revisions (Maryland Wage Protection Act)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-641

Subjects: Private Sector Labor And Industry, Attorneys' Fees, Civil Actions, Claims, Court Costs, Courts, Damages, Disclosure, Discrimination, Ethics

Democrat: 100% (3)

Title: Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-681

Subjects: Civil Actions And Procedures, Architects, Attorneys' Fees, Contractors, Contracts, Court Costs, Engineers, Fees, Highways, Injury

Republican: 100% (1)

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