You have voted SB-61: Court of Special Appeals - Writs of Actual Innocence, Illegal Sentences, and Coram Nobis Petitions - Review by Application for Leave to Appeal.
Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund - Funding [SB-32]
Requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a surcharge on specified fees, charges, and costs in specified cases in the Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals, and circuit courts; requiring the Chief Judge of the District Court to assess a surcharge in specified civil cases; and requiring the surcharges to be deposited in the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund.
SB-32: Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund - Funding
Sponsored by: Sen.
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/04/2014
You have voted HB-38: Court of Special Appeals - Writs of Actual Innocence, Illegal Sentences, and Coram Nobis Petitions - Review by Application for Leave to Appeal.
Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund - Funding [HB-108]
Requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a surcharge on specified fees, charges, and costs in specified cases in the Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals, and circuit courts; requiring the Chief Judge of the District Court to assess a surcharge in specified civil cases; and requiring the surcharges to be deposited in the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund.
HB-108: Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund - Funding
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/10/2014
Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals - Opinions - Public Information [SB-268]
Requiring the Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals to post each of its opinions on the Web site of the Maryland Judiciary and designate whether the opinion is reported or unreported; and providing that an unreported opinion of the Court of Appeals or the Court of Special Appeals may be cited only as provided in the Maryland Rules.
SB-268: Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals - Opinions - Public Information
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2013
Judgeships - Court of Special Appeals, Circuit Courts, and District Court [SB-239]
Increasing the number of judges of the Court of Special Appeals from 13 to 15; increasing the number of resident judges of the circuit court in Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, and Wicomico counties; and increasing the number of associate judges of the District Court in Baltimore City, and Charles, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties.
SB-239: Judgeships - Court of Special Appeals, Circuit Courts, and District Court
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 34 on 04/09/2013
Judgeships - Court of Special Appeals, Circuit Courts, and District Court [HB-83]
Increasing the number of judges of the Court of Special Appeals from 13 to 15; increasing the number of resident judges of the circuit court in Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, and Wicomico counties; and increasing the number of associate judges of the District Court in Baltimore City, and Charles, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties.
HB-83: Judgeships - Court of Special Appeals, Circuit Courts, and District Court
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
Public-Private Partnerships [HB-605]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; altering provisions of law relating to public-private partnerships; establishing that the Court of Special Appeals has jurisdiction over specified immediate appeals related to specified public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public-private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with any public infrastructure asset; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes; etc.
HB-605: Public-Private Partnerships
Sponsored by: Rep. Galen Clagett
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. (environmental Matters) on 02/15/2013
Real Property - Condominiums - Rescission of Sales Contracts [SB-224]
Limiting a condominium purchaser's right to rescind in writing a contract of sale based on amended material in a vendor's public offering statement to specified amendments that affect materially and adversely the purchaser's rights; requiring a purchaser to state in writing the purchaser's reason for rescission when it is based on specified amended material in a vendor's public offering statement; stating the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
SB-224: Real Property - Condominiums - Rescission of Sales Contracts
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2012
Juvenile Law - Waiver or Transfer of Jurisdiction - Appeal [HB-981]
Establishing that an order of the juvenile court waiving its jurisdiction may be appealed to the Court of Special Appeals within a specified period of time; establishing that an order denying transfer of jurisdiction from a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a case involving a child to the juvenile court may be appealed to the Court of Special Appeals within a specified period of time; establishing that an appeal under the Act stays any further proceedings in the case until the appeal is concluded; etc.
HB-981: Juvenile Law - Waiver or Transfer of Jurisdiction - Appeal
Sponsored by: Rep. Tiffany Alston
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/19/2012
Estates and Trusts - Appeal from Orphans' Court and Jurisdiction of Circuit [HB-963]
Requiring an appeal from a final judgment of an orphans' court to be to a circuit court; requiring an appeal to a circuit court from a final judgment of an orphans' court to be heard on the record made in the orphans' court rather than be heard de novo; providing that specified parties may elect to file specified cases in, or transfer specified cases to, a circuit court; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
HB-963: Estates and Trusts - Appeal from Orphans' Court and Jurisdiction of Circuit
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 03/05/2012
Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Remedy and Priority of Restitution [HB-666]
Expanding the applicability of specified appeal rights from a victim of a violent crime to a victim of a nonviolent crime; authorizing a victim to appeal to the Court of Special Appeals from a specified final order; providing that the filing of a specified appeal or application for leave to appeal does not stay specified other proceedings unless the court finds that the accused's right to a speedy trial will not be violated; providing that payment of restitution to a victim has priority over other payments; etc.
HB-666: Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Remedy and Priority of Restitution
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/06/2012
Public-Private Partnerships [HB-576]
Establishing the policy of the State on public-private partnerships; altering provisions of law relating to public-private partnerships; establishing that the Court of Special Appeals has jurisdiction over specified immediate appeals related to specified public-private partnerships; authorizing a reporting agency to establish a public- private partnership and execute an agreement in connection with any public infrastructure asset; requiring a reporting agency to adopt regulations and establish processes; etc.
HB-576: Public-Private Partnerships
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 4/4 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2012