District Courts
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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City of Frederick - Assignment of Offenders to Road Work - Repeal [HB-960]
[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: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 983 on 05/16/2024
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Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [HB-664]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/09/2024
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Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024 [HB-693]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights; requiring the most recently published version of the Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights to be included as part of a residential lease; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 124 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [SB-575]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 415 on 05/09/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Judges; nominations for election to general district court. [SR-17]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott A. Surovell
Rules Suspended (40-y 0-n) on 01/24/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Judges; nominations for election to general district court. [HR-39]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle E. Lopes-Maldonado
Vote: Election (98-y 0-n) on 01/24/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Judges; election in Court of Appeals of Virginia, circuit court, etc. [HJR-99]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, Circuit Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, members of the State Corporation Commission, and a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle E. Lopes-Maldonado
Vote: Adoption (97-y 0-n) on 01/24/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024 [SB-481]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Increasing maximum surcharges for certain eviction proceedings from $8 to $93 and prohibiting the District Court from assigning the surcharge against a tenant; altering the priority and criteria in the Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program that are followed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and public housing agencies for providing vouchers and housing assistance payments to families; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing Canceled (judicial Proceedings) on 02/05/2024
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Firearms - Liability Insurance - Public Wearing and Carrying [HB-430]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Altering the circumstances under which a person is disqualified from possessing a regulated firearm, a rifle, and a shotgun; prohibiting a person from wearing or carrying a firearm under certain circumstances unless the person has obtained certain liability insurance related to wearing and carrying a firearm up to $300,000; providing for the form and issuance of a citation for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/13/2024
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Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program [HB-372]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing the Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to provide residential tenants who are facing eviction for a failure to pay rent with information on workforce development and employment opportunities; and requiring by January 1, 2026 and each January 1 thereafter, a designated organization to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the number of individuals that were connected to workforce development programs or employment opportunities through the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 294 on 04/25/2024
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Prince George's County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization PG 301-24 [HB-364]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certain civil penalty under certain circumstances; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system; requiring the Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation to make a certain report by December 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 678 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program [SB-354]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to provide defendant tenants in failure to pay rent cases with workforce resources and information on workforce development, registered apprenticeships, and other employment opportunities; and requiring, by January 1, 2026, and each January 1 thereafter, a designated organization to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the number of individuals that were connected to certain opportunities through the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 295 on 04/25/2024
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Safe Communities Act of 2024 [HB-310]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
General district and circuit courts; transfer, civil jurisdiction. [HB-1343]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Civil jurisdiction of general district courts and circuit courts; transfer. Provides that while a matter is pending in general district court, upon motion of either the plaintiff or defendant seeking to increase the amount of the claim, the court is required to order a transfer to circuit court without requiring that the case first be dismissed or that the plaintiff suffer a nonsuit. Similarly, the bill provides that while a matter is pending in circuit court, upon motion of either the plaintiff or defendant seeking to decrease the amount of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda E. Batten
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
District Court - Traffic Cases - Surcharges [HB-259]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing from $7.50 to $10.00 the surcharge the District Court is required to add to any fine imposed in certain traffic cases.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2024
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Judges; maximum number of authorized judgeships in each judicial district. [HB-1123]
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[Law Enforcement ]
Maximum number of authorized judgeships in each judicial district. Increases from six to seven the number of authorized general district court judgeships and increases from five to seven the number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships in the Thirteenth Judicial District.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy B. Carr
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
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Virginia Human Rights Act; right to sue. [SB-350]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Virginia Human Rights Act; right to sue. Permits a complainant who has not received a notice of the right to file a civil action from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Law or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, regardless of whether the complaint was dual-filed, as requested after 180 days have passed from the date the complaint was filed to commence a timely civil action in an appropriate general district or circuit court having jurisdiction over the person who allegedly unlawfully discriminated against the complainant.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Russet W. Perry
Senate Concurred In Governor's Recommendation (40-y 0-n) on 04/17/2024
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Zoning appeals, board of; appeal to general district court. [HB-683]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Board of zoning appeals; appeal to general district court. Provides that in the case of an appeal from the board of zoning appeals of an order, requirement, decision, or determination of a zoning administrator, a person aggrieved by any such order, requirement, decision, or determination may file the petition with the clerk of the general district court that shall have jurisdiction to hear such appeal.
Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Leftwich
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/13/2024
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Law-enforcement officers; exposure to bodily fluids, petition to the general district court. [HB-435]
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[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Law-enforcement officers; exposure to bodily fluids; petition to the general district court by local attorney for the Commonwealth. Allows a local attorney for the Commonwealth in the county or city in which such exposure occurred to file a petition for an order requiring testing and disclosure of test results on behalf of a law-enforcement officer when a law-enforcement officer is directly exposed to the bodily fluid of a person in a manner that may, according to the then-current guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, transmit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jonathan Arnold
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0190) on 03/28/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records [SB-19]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the District Court to shield all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding that did not result in a judgment of possession; authorizing the District Court, on motion of a tenant, to shield all court records relating to a failure to pay rent proceeding that results in a judgment of possession under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to develop and publish on its website a certain form; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 347 on 04/25/2024