Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland [SB-22]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland to examine and analyze the efficiency, uniformity, and quality of fiduciary adjudication in Maryland and make recommendations; requiring the orphans' courts, circuit courts, registers of wills, and Administrative Office of the Courts to comply with certain requests of the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and make recommendations on or before January 1, 2026.
SB-22: Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Referred Judiciary on 02/14/2025
Judges – Mandatory Retirement Age [SB-74]
[Retirement ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to raise the mandatory retirement age of all judges in the State from 70 to 75; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.
SB-74: Judges – Mandatory Retirement Age
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
Election Law - Circuit Court Judges - Nonpartisan Elections [HB-44]
[Elections ]
Requiring circuit court judges to be elected on a nonpartisan basis; prohibiting a candidate for circuit court judge from being nominated by a political party or by petition; and requiring candidates to be nominated at the primary election in each year that one or more circuit court judges are to be elected.
HB-44: Election Law - Circuit Court Judges - Nonpartisan Elections
Sponsored by: Rep. Chao Wu
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/27/2025
SR-142: Reestablishes the Judicial Structure Task Force to study the funding and workload of judicial district and circuit courts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Harris
Enrolled. Signed By The President Of The Senate And Sent To The Secretary Of State By The Secretary Of The Senate. on 06/03/2024