District Courts
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure – District Court Commissioners and False Statements [HB-21]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant to an individual other than a police officer or a State's Attorney; increasing the penalty for making a certain false statement or report to a certain governmental official or unit from 6 months to up to 3 years imprisonment; and retaining the maximum $500 fine.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease [HB-271]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Holding Over - Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Members [HB-229]
[Real Estate ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 45 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a private process server to serve a certain summons if the constable or sheriff of the county fails to serve the summons within 10 days after the summons is issued by the court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Virginia 2024 Special I
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Judges; nominations for election to general district court. [SR-606]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott A. Surovell
Presented And Ordered Printed 24200111d on 05/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Special I
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Judges; nominations for election to general district court. [HR-686]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle E. Lopes-Maldonado
Vote: Election (99-y 0-n) on 05/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Special I
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Judges; election in circuit court, general district court, and juvenile & domestic rel. district ct. [HJR-6002]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, and a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle E. Lopes-Maldonado
Vote: Adoption (100-y 0-n) on 05/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Judges; nominations for election to general district court. [SR-136]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott A. Surovell
Discharged From Courts Of Justice on 03/07/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Judges; nominations for election to general district court. [HR-344]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle E. Lopes-Maldonado
Taken Up For Immediate Consideration on 03/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Recovery of Possession - Filing of Sworn Affidavit [SB-1181]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the District Court to issue, and a sheriff to immediately execute, a warrant for possession of a property to a person that has submitted a sworn affidavit stating that a person is unlawfully in possession of the property.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
City of Frederick - Assignment of Offenders to Road Work - Repeal (Frederick City Road Gang Injustice Repeal Act) [SB-1154]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing a provision of law requring a District Court judge to assign, if practicable, an offender to work the public roads of Frederick County or the City of Frederick as a penalty for a violation of a municipal law or ordinance of the City of Frederick.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frederick County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property – Holding Over – Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Member [HB-1316]
[Real Estate ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 45 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a private process server to serve a summons if the constable or sheriff fails to serve the summons within 10 days after the summons is issued by the court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Interstate Highways – Interstate Speed Monitoring Systems [HB-1186]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to install and use at least one interstate speed monitoring system on each interstate highway; establishing procedures for implementing and using an interstate speed monitoring system; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the State Highway Administration to develop a training program on the oversight and administration of an interstate speed monitoring program, including a curriculum of best practices in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - District Court Commissioners and False Statements [HB-1183]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant to an individual other than a police officer or a State's Attorney; and increasing the penalty for making a certain false statement or report to a certain governmental official or unit from 6 months to up to 3 years imprisonment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-1191]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers under certain circumstances; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [HB-1114]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; providing for the disposition of certain personal property following the execution of a warrant of restitution; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Garrett County - State's Attorney - Salary Alterations [HB-1170]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing, beginning in 2026, the salary of the State's Attorney of Garrett County to be 80% of the salary of a judge of the District Court of Maryland; and repealing the authorization of the Garrett County Salary Study Commission to recommend and set the salary of the State's Attorney of Garett County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [SB-992]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; providing for the disposition of certain personal property following the execution of a warrant of restitution; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 [SB-1067]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use 16 speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, except that only 4 may be operated at any given time; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 be used to assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County; requiring the Department of State Police to mail a warning notice instead of a citation for a certain violation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [HB-1001]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a custodian of recorded images produced by certain automated enforcement systems to deny inspection of the images; prohibiting certain State and local agencies from using a recorded image or associated data from an automated enforcement system without a warrant, subpoena, or court order unless the use is for an appropriate traffic enforcement purpose; providing that an employee who violates the Act is subject to a fine of up to $1,000; and establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the removal of recorded images.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Norris Love
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Indian Head Highway PG 306-24 [HB-974]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Increasing civil penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County that are second or subsequent violations or that involve exceeding the maximum speed limit by certain amounts.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2024