AN ACT relating to the election of Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals of the Court of Justice. [HB-536]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118A establishing that candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be nominated in a partisan primary; establish the manner in which the nomination shall be made; establish that candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of the Appeals shall be elected in a regular election on a nonpartisan ballot; amend KRS 118A.060, 118A.100, 118A.150, 118A.190, and various other statutes to conform.
HB-536: AN ACT relating to the election of Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals of the Court of Justice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 02/22/2021
Courts – COVID–19 – Statutory Deadlines [HB-1354]
Tolling or suspending, as applicable, all statutory deadlines related to the initiation of matters required to be filed in a State trial or appellate court, including statutes of limitations, for a certain number of days due to the COVID-19 emergency; specifying that a party is not required to prove an inability to comply with an applicable statutory deadline if the expiration of the deadline occurred during the COVID-19 emergency; and applying the Act retroactively.
HB-1354: Courts – COVID–19 – Statutory Deadlines
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/18/2021
AN ACT relating to elections in the Court of Justice. [HB-517]
Amend KRS 118A.060, 118A.090, and 118A.100 to remove provisions that elections of Judges of the Court of Appeals and Justices of the Supreme Court shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provide that elections for a Judge of the Court of Appeals or a Justice of the Supreme Court be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; provide for continued election of Judges of the Circuit Court and District Court to be on a nonpartisan basis; amend KRS 117.125, 117.315. 118.165, 118A.150, and KRS 118A.190 to conform; EFFECTIVE November 8, 2022, only
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HB-517: AN ACT relating to elections in the Court of Justice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
To Judiciary (h) on 02/22/2021
Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming [SB-666]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to change the name of the Court of Appeals to be the Supreme Court of Maryland, to change the name of the Court of Special Appeals to be the Appellate Court of Maryland, to change the name of a Judge of the Court of Appeals to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, and to change the name of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
SB-666: Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Approved By The Governor, Assigned A Chapter Number, Enactment Subject To Constitutional Referendum - Chapter 82 on 04/13/2021
Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals – Renaming [HB-885]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to change the name of the Court of Appeals to be the Supreme Court of Maryland, to change the name of the Court of Special Appeals to be the Appellate Court of Maryland, to change the name of a Judge of the Court of Appeals to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, and to change the name of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
HB-885: Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals – Renaming
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Approved By The Governor, Assigned A Chapter Number, Enactment Subject To Constitutional Referendum - Chapter 83 on 04/13/2021
Family Law - Emancipation of a Minor and Authorization to Marry [HB-242]
Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for emancipation of a minor and authorization to marry; altering the conditions under which an individual who is 17 years old is authorized to marry; prohibiting an individual under the age of 17 years from marrying; requiring a clerk of the court to review a certain order before issuing a marriage license; authorizing a court to deny an emancipation petition and marriage authorization if the court makes a written finding it is not in the petitioner's best interest; etc.
HB-242: Family Law - Emancipation of a Minor and Authorization to Marry
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/19/2021
Family Law - Emancipation of a Minor and Authorization to Marry [SB-173]
Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for emancipation of a minor and authorization to marry; altering the conditions under which an individual who is 17 years old is authorized to marry; prohibiting an individual under the age of 17 years from marrying; requiring an applicant for a marriage license to provide a certain document to a clerk of the court; requiring a clerk of the court to review a certain order before issuing a marriage license under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-173: Family Law - Emancipation of a Minor and Authorization to Marry
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/28/2021
Judges – Selection and Retention [HB-35]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to provide for retention elections for judges of the circuit courts; proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution decreasing the term of office from 15 years to 12 years for the judges of the circuit courts; proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to increase the number of years between successive retention elections for judges of the Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State; etc.
HB-35: Judges – Selection and Retention
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Hearing 2/24 At 1:30 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/15/2021
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Interrogation Protection Act [HB-315]
Requiring a law enforcement officer who takes a child into custody to provide notice to the child's parents, guardian, or custodian in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice; prohibiting the interrogation of a child by a law enforcement officer until the child has consulted with a certain attorney and an effort to provide certain notice to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian has been made; requiring an interrogation of a child to be recorded under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-315: Juvenile Law - Juvenile Interrogation Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/22/2021
Property Tax - In Rem Foreclosure and Sale - Vacant and Abandoned Property [SB-954]
Requiring a tax collector to withhold from tax sale certain real property designated by a county or municipal corporation for sale under a certain process; authorizing a county or municipal corporation to initiate an in rem foreclosure and sale of certain real property for delinquent taxes; requiring a county or municipal corporation to enact certain laws authorizing in rem foreclosure and sale of certain real property; requiring the county or municipal corporation to commence an in rem foreclosure action; etc.
SB-954: Property Tax - In Rem Foreclosure and Sale - Vacant and Abandoned Property
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2018