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District Courts

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SB-319	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency and State or local volunteer fire company, rescue squad, fire department, and ambulance service to place a move over safety monitoring system on, or integrate a move over safety monitoring system into, an emergency vehicle for the purpose of recording a motor vehicle committing a violation relating to the operation of a motor vehicle on approach of an emergency vehicle; providing a certain recorded image is admissible in a proceeding concerning a certain civil citation; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Vehicle Laws - Rules Of The Road Ambulances Citations District Courts Electronic Surveillance Evidence Fire Protection Forms Judges Law Enforcement
HB-356	State (Maryland)	Expanding the types of cases in which the State may appeal from a decision of a trial court under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to release a defendant charged with a certain crime on certain terms or conditions or to order the defendant remanded to custody pending a certain appeal; establishing and altering certain penalties; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc. Democrat: 5% (2) Republican: 94% (35) 5% Democrat support 94% Republican support	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Criminal Law - Procedure Public Safety Appeals Controlled Dangerous Substances Crimes And Punishments Dealers District Courts Ex-offenders Guns
SB-273	State (Maryland)	Expanding the types of cases in which the State may appeal from a decision of a trial court under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to release a defendant charged with a certain crime on certain terms or conditions or to order the defendant remanded to custody pending a certain appeal; establishing and altering certain penalties; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime under certain circumstances; etc. Democrat: 12% (2) Republican: 87% (14) 12% Democrat support 87% Republican support	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Criminal Law - Procedure Public Safety Appeals Controlled Dangerous Substances Crimes And Punishments Dealers District Courts Ex-offenders Guns
HB-1971	State (Hawaii)	Raises from $40,000 to $100,000 the amount at issue in civil actions for purposes of limiting district court jurisdiction. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Civil Jurisdiction District Courts Amount In Controversy
HB-227	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a landlord in Wicomico County to repossess property for failure to pay rent in a certain manner if judgment is given in favor of the landlord; requiring the landlord to provide a written notice to a certain tenant in a certain manner; establishing a certain rebuttable presumption; requiring a sheriff to notify the District Court if the sheriff reasonably believes certain notice has not been provided; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Unaffiliated: 100% (1) 100% Unaffiliated support	Real Property Abandoned Property Agents And Brokers Attorneys District Courts Judgments Landlord And Tenant Leases And Rent Names Notices
SB-209	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a person responsible for any premises from conducting, causing, permitting, or aiding an unruly social gathering; authorizing certain law enforcement officers to issue a citation for certain violations of the Act; specifying who may be issued a citation for certain violations; excluding a certain type of party or gathering from the prohibitions in the Act; providing certain circumstances constituting a certain defense; requiring that a citation include certain information; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Criminal Law - Procedure Alcoholic Beverages Assault Citations Civil Actions Contracts District Courts Fines Landlord And Tenant
HB-126	State (Maryland)	Making certain provisions of law relating to the filing, issuance, and modification of certain peace orders and to the shielding of certain court records of certain peace order proceedings apply to certain peace orders filed by certain employers on the basis of certain acts committed against certain employees under certain circumstances; requiring an employer to notify an employee before the employer files a certain petition; providing immunity from civil liability to a certain employer under certain circumstances; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Civil Actions And Procedures Courts District Courts Hearings Liability Notices Privacy Protection Orders Records Violence
HB-130	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a State or local law enforcement agency and State or local volunteer fire company, rescue squad, fire department, and ambulance service to place a move over safety monitoring system on, or integrate a move over safety monitoring system into, an emergency vehicle for the purpose of recording a motor vehicle committing a violation relating to the operation of a motor vehicle on approach of an emergency vehicle; providing a certain recorded image is admissible in a proceeding concerning a certain civil citation; etc. Democrat: 100% (2) 100% Democrat support	Vehicle Laws - Rules Of The Road Ambulances Citations District Courts Electronic Surveillance Evidence Fire Protection Forms Judges Law Enforcement
SB-176	State (Maryland)	Authorizing a landlord in Wicomico County to repossess property for failure to pay rent in a certain manner if judgement is given in favor of the landlord; requiring the landlord to provide a written notice to a certain tenant in a certain manner; establishing a certain rebuttable presumption; requiring a sheriff to notify the District Court if the sheriff reasonably believes certain notice has not been provided; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Real Property Abandoned Property Agents And Brokers Attorneys District Courts Judgments Landlord And Tenant Landlord And Tenant Leases And Rent Leases And Rent
SB-138	State (Maryland)	Expanding the authority of a certain individual who is designated to serve criminal process by the administrator of the local detention center in Harford County to serve process within the Circuit Court for Harford County and the District Court of Maryland for Harford County. Republican: 100% (3) 100% Republican support	Courts And Court Personnel - Local Criminal Law - Procedure Public Safety Circuit Courts Correctional Institutions Correctional Officers District Courts Harford County Process Serving Sheriffs
HB-75	State (Maryland)	Requiring the clerk of the court to include the name of the judge or magistrate who presided over a hearing or took judicial action as part of case information in the case management system of the court; requiring a clerk of the District Court to include the name of the judge who presided over a hearing or took judicial action as part of case information in the case management system of the District Court; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Courts And Court Personnel - Statewide Administrative Office Of The Courts Clerks Of Court District Courts Electronic Government Hearings Judges Judgments Records Summonses
HB-11	State (Maryland)	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 altering the mandatory retirement age for certain judges under certain circumstances; 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; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Courts And Court Personnel - Statewide Baltimore City Circuit Courts Constitutional Amendments Counties Court Of Appeals Courts Court Of Special Appeals District Courts Elections
SB-1286	State (Hawaii)	Raises the district courts' jurisdictional limit for civil actions involving specific performance. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	District Courts Civil Actions Jurisdiction Specific Performance
HB-1274	State (Hawaii)	Raises the district courts' jurisdictional limit for civil actions involving specific performance. (HB1274 HD1) Democrat: 100% (3) 100% Democrat support	District Courts Civil Actions Jurisdiction Specific Performance
SB-98	State (Hawaii)	Raises the district courts' jurisdictional limit for civil actions involving specific performance. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1) Democrat: 100% (5) 100% Democrat support	District Courts Civil Actions Jurisdiction Specific Performance
HB-1218	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting a court in a county with a pretrial supervision program from including as a condition of pretrial release a specified financial condition; requiring each county in the State to establish a pretrial supervision program that provides pretrial supervision services, including agent supervision, location tracking services, and reminder notifications for court appearances; etc. Democrat: 100% (8) 100% Democrat support	Criminal Law - Procedure Appeals Bail District Courts Local Government Mandates Pretrial Detention Or Release
HB-1215	State (Maryland)	Altering a specified authorization for a court to release a specified defendant on personal recognizance to require that a defendant charged only with one or more misdemeanors be released on personal recognizance; altering the circumstances under which a defendant may not be released on personal recognizance; providing that the amount of a specified bail may not be higher than necessary to achieve specified purposes under specified circumstances; providing that a judicial officer may not set bail for specified reasons; etc. Democrat: 55% (5) Republican: 44% (4) 55% Democrat support 44% Republican support	Criminal Law - Procedure Public Safety Bail Courts District Courts Legal Aid Murder Pretrial Detention Or Release Prisoners State's Attorneys
HB-1390	State (Maryland)	Altering a requirement for the construction of a specified provision of law relating to pretrial release of a specified defendant on personal recognizance and unsecured bond; requiring a judicial officer to impose a specified condition or combination of conditions of release under specified circumstances; authorizing a judicial officer to impose one or more specified nonfinancial conditions of release under specified circumstances; providing that a judicial officer may impose financial conditions only under specified circumstances; etc. Democrat: 95% (63) Republican: 4% (3) 95% Democrat support 4% Republican support	Criminal Law - Procedure Bail Bonds Counties Crime Control And Prevention, Governor's Office Of District Courts Judges Pretrial Detention Or Release
SB-946	State (Maryland)	Altering a specified exception relating to law enforcement officers to the prohibition on carrying or possessing specified weapons on school property; prohibiting the carrying or possession of specified firearms on the property of public institutions of higher education; providing specified exceptions; providing that a violation is a civil offense punishable by a fine of up to $1,000; requiring the Board of Regents for the University System of Maryland to incorporate the current weapons practice into their bylaws, policies and procedures; etc. Democrat: 100% (13) 100% Democrat support	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Public Safety Guns Penalties And Sentences State Universities And Colleges Weapons Citations District Courts Fines Law Enforcement
HB-947	State (Maryland)	Authorizing and establishing requirements for the use of specified vehicle presence monitoring systems in local jurisdictions to enforce State and local laws restricting the presence of vehicles during specified times; establishing that a vehicle presence monitoring system may be used in a local jurisdiction under the Act only if its use is authorized by a local law adopted by the local jurisdiction; requiring the issuance of a warning for a first violation under the Act; etc. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Vehicle Laws - Rules Of The Road Transportation - Highways Counties - Generally Citations Counties District Courts Fees Law Enforcement Liability License Plates

Title: Vehicle Laws - Move Over Safety Monitoring System - Authorization

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-319

Subjects: Vehicle Laws - Rules Of The Road, Ambulances, Citations, District Courts, Electronic Surveillance, Evidence, Fire Protection, Forms, Judges, Law Enforcement

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2020)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-356

Subjects: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes, Criminal Law - Procedure, Public Safety, Appeals, Controlled Dangerous Substances, Crimes And Punishments, Dealers, District Courts, Ex-offenders, Guns

Democrat: 5% (2) Republican: 94% (35)

Title: Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2020)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-273

Democrat: 12% (2) Republican: 87% (14)

Title: Relating To Jurisdiction.

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1971

Subjects: Civil Jurisdiction, District Courts, Amount In Controversy

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Wicomico County - Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Procedures

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-227

Subjects: Real Property, Abandoned Property, Agents And Brokers, Attorneys, District Courts, Judgments, Landlord And Tenant, Leases And Rent, Names, Notices

Unaffiliated: 100% (1)

Title: Criminal Law - Unruly Social Gatherings - Civil Penalties

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-209

Subjects: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes, Criminal Law - Procedure, Alcoholic Beverages, Assault, Citations, Civil Actions, Contracts, District Courts, Fines, Landlord And Tenant

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Peace Orders - Workplace Violence

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-126

Subjects: Civil Actions And Procedures, Courts, District Courts, Hearings, Liability, Notices, Privacy, Protection Orders, Records, Violence

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Vehicle Laws - Move Over Safety Monitoring System - Authorization

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-130

Subjects: Vehicle Laws - Rules Of The Road, Ambulances, Citations, District Courts, Electronic Surveillance, Evidence, Fire Protection, Forms, Judges, Law Enforcement

Democrat: 100% (2)

Title: Wicomico County - Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Procedures

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-176

Subjects: Real Property, Abandoned Property, Agents And Brokers, Attorneys, District Courts, Judgments, Landlord And Tenant, Landlord And Tenant, Leases And Rent, Leases And Rent

Republican: 100% (2)

Title: Harford County - Service of Process - Detention Center Employees

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-138

Subjects: Courts And Court Personnel - Local, Criminal Law - Procedure, Public Safety, Circuit Courts, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Officers, District Courts, Harford County, Process Serving, Sheriffs

Republican: 100% (3)

Title: Clerks of the Courts - Case Management System - Information on Judge or Magistrate

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-75

Subjects: Courts And Court Personnel - Statewide, Administrative Office Of The Courts, Clerks Of Court, District Courts, Electronic Government, Hearings, Judges, Judgments, Records, Summonses

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Judges - Election, Retention, and Mandatory Retirement Age

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-11

Subjects: Courts And Court Personnel - Statewide, Baltimore City, Circuit Courts, Constitutional Amendments, Counties, Court Of Appeals, Courts, Court Of Special Appeals, District Courts, Elections

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Relating To Courts.

Session: Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-1286

Subjects: District Courts, Civil Actions, Jurisdiction, Specific Performance

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Relating To Courts.

Session: Hawaii 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1274

Subjects: District Courts, Civil Actions, Jurisdiction, Specific Performance

Democrat: 100% (3)

Title: Relating To Courts.

Session: Hawaii 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-98

Subjects: District Courts, Civil Actions, Jurisdiction, Specific Performance

Democrat: 100% (5)

Title: Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Financial Conditions

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1218

Subjects: Criminal Law - Procedure, Appeals, Bail, District Courts, Local Government Mandates, Pretrial Detention Or Release

Democrat: 100% (8)

Title: Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1215

Subjects: Criminal Law - Procedure, Public Safety, Bail, Courts, District Courts, Legal Aid, Murder, Pretrial Detention Or Release, Prisoners, State's Attorneys

Democrat: 55% (5) Republican: 44% (4)

Title: Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Reform

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1390

Subjects: Criminal Law - Procedure, Bail, Bonds, Counties, Crime Control And Prevention, Governor's Office Of, District Courts, Judges, Pretrial Detention Or Release

Democrat: 95% (63) Republican: 4% (3)

Title: Gun-Free Higher Education Zones

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-946

Subjects: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes, Public Safety, Guns, Penalties And Sentences, State Universities And Colleges, Weapons, Citations, District Courts, Fines, Law Enforcement

Democrat: 100% (13)

Title: Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Presence Monitoring Systems - Authorization by Local Jurisdictions

Session: Maryland 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-947

Subjects: Vehicle Laws - Rules Of The Road, Transportation - Highways, Counties - Generally, Citations, Counties, District Courts, Fees, Law Enforcement, Liability, License Plates

Democrat: 100% (1)

District Courts

SB-319

State (Maryland)

HB-356

State (Maryland)

SB-273

State (Maryland)

HB-1971

State (Hawaii)

HB-227

State (Maryland)

SB-209

State (Maryland)

HB-126

State (Maryland)

HB-130

State (Maryland)

SB-176

State (Maryland)

SB-138

State (Maryland)

HB-75

State (Maryland)

HB-11

State (Maryland)

SB-1286

State (Hawaii)

HB-1274

State (Hawaii)

SB-98

State (Hawaii)

HB-1218

State (Maryland)

HB-1215

State (Maryland)

HB-1390

State (Maryland)

SB-946

State (Maryland)

HB-947

State (Maryland)