Statutes Of Limitation
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Home Appliances and Warranty Enforcement - Study [HB-1215]
Requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General to conduct a study of the consumer protections available to purchasers of home appliances who seek enforcement of specified warranties; requiring the study to analyze specified complaints, evaluate whether specified requirements and remedies under State and federal law provide adequate protection to specified purchasers of home appliances, and make a specified determination; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 408 on 05/02/2013
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Estates and Trusts - Slayer's Statute (Ann Sue Metz Law) [HB-1211]
Clarifying that a person who feloniously and intentionally kills, conspires to kill, or procures the killing of the decedent is disqualified from inheriting, taking, enjoying, receiving, or otherwise benefiting from the death, probate estate, or nonprobate property of the decedent, or from receiving a general or special power of appointment conferred by the will or trust of the decedent, or from serving as a personal representative, guardian, or trustee of a trust created by the decedent; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 486 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Condominiums - Warranty Claims [HB-1141]
Establishing that, notwithstanding any provision in the declaration, bylaws, or rules and regulations of the condominium, a council of unit owners has the right to be involved in a specified manner in specified litigation or administrative proceedings affecting the condominium and to enforce implied warranties made to the council of unit owners by the developer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Lien for Unpaid Wages - Establishment [HB-1130]
Requiring an employee to provide specified written notice to a specified employer first in order to establish a lien for unpaid wages; authorizing a specified employer to dispute a lien for unpaid wages by filing a specified complaint in a specified circuit court in a specified manner; authorizing a party to request an evidentiary hearing; requiring a circuit court to make a determination on a claim to establish a lien for unpaid wages in a specified manner; authorizing a circuit court to take specified actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 541 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Person in Position of Authority [HB-1075]
Repealing the requirement that the prosecution of a misdemeanor offense of the prohibition against a specified person in a position of authority engaging in a sexual act or sexual contact with a minor, under specified circumstances, be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed; prohibiting a specified person in a position of authority who is at least 4 years older than the victim from engaging in sexual contact or a sexual act while the minor is enrolled or participating in a specified institution, program, or activity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/23/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Abusive Work Environments in State Agencies - Workgroup [SB-999]
Requiring the Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding methods of strengthening existing remedies and any new remedies needed to address abuse suffered by State employees due to abusive work environments; requiring the Joint Committee to report the findings and recommendations of the workgroup to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Re-referred Appropriations on 04/09/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Coaches - Sexual Contact with Minors - Prohibition [SB-893]
Prohibiting a coach from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a minor under specified circumstances; providing for a statute of limitations for the prosecution of a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/19/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Misdemeanor Possession of Child Pornography - Statute of [SB-889]
Increasing, from 1 to 2 years, the period of time within which a prosecution for misdemeanor possession of child pornography must be instituted after the offense was committed.
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Stone
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Private Property Rights - Regulatory Infringement - Compensation [SB-819]
Giving an owner of private property a cause of action under specified circumstances against the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Natural Resources, or the Department of Planning if the application of specified regulations infringes on a private property right; providing that the cause of action shall be filed in a specified court; providing for the sum that a private property owner may recover; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/19/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sex Offenders - Statutory Sex Offense [SB-799]
Altering the age difference required between a victim and an offender for the crime of third degree sex offense; prohibiting specified persons from engaging in specified sexual acts with a person who is 14 or 15 years old; providing for penalties for a violation of the Act; requiring a specified person convicted of engaging in specified sexual acts with a person who is 14 or 15 years old to register on the State sex offender registry; creating a nonpublic registry database for specified persons convicted of a specified crime; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 4/3 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Fund [SB-768]
Imposing a tax on the removal of natural gas from natural gas wells in the State; providing for the calculation of the tax; setting the rate of the tax; providing for the administration of the tax by the Comptroller; requiring persons subject to the tax to file returns and keep and make available specified records and information; providing for the distribution of revenue from the tax; establishing the Natural Gas Impact Fund; providing for the administration and purpose of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing Cancelled on 03/12/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Residential Condominiums - Governing Documents - Claims Provisions [SB-725]
Making unenforceable a provision of a declaration, a bylaw, a contract for sale of a unit, or any other instrument made by a developer relating to residential condominiums that purports to shorten the statute of limitations for specified claims, purports to waive the application of a specified accrual date for specified claims, operates to prevent the filing of a lawsuit or other proceeding within an applicable statute of limitations, or requires the assertion of a claim within a shorter time period than applicable; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environmental Matters on 04/06/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Procurement - Prevailing Wage Rate Law - Repeal [SB-718]
Repealing provisions of law regarding prevailing wage rates for public work contracts; repealing provisions limiting the application of prevailing wage rates to a public work contract $500,000 or more or a part of a public work contract that is required to comply with federal prevailing wage rates; repealing the requirement that the Commissioner of Labor and Industry adopt straight time and overtime prevailing wage rates; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley
Hearing 3/8 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Mail Theft - Penalty [SB-646]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully removing, taking, possessing, obtaining, or receiving mail under specified circumstances without the permission of the United States Postal Service or the intended recipient; providing penalties for a violation of the Act; repealing a provision that prohibits opening a letter without permission that is rendered inconsistent with the Act; providing that a prosecution under the Act does not preclude a prosecution for theft; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/05/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Crimes - Solicitation - Statute of Limitations [SB-558]
Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the solicitation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennie Forehand
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/05/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Civil Rights - Discrimination by a Place of Public Accommodation - Enforcement [SB-491]
Authorizing specified persons or the Commission on Civil Rights to elect to have the claims asserted in a complaint alleging discrimination by a place of public accommodation determined in a civil action brought by the Commission; authorizing a complainant alleging discrimination by a place of public accommodation to bring a specified civil action; requiring specified remedies available for specified discrimination; authorizing specified remedies for specified discrimination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Wrongful Death and Survival Causes of Action - Criminal Homicide - Time Limits [SB-453]
Providing that a wrongful death cause of action or survival cause of action arising from conduct that constitutes a criminal homicide under State or federal law accrues at a specified time under specified circumstances; establishing a presumption that a party should have discovered the identity of a person who contributed to a criminal homicide under specified circumstances; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Stone
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Credit Regulation - Finder's Fees - Table-Funded Loans [SB-451]
Altering the definitions of "finder's fee", "lender", and "mortgage broker" for purposes of provisions of law governing finder's fees charged by mortgage brokers to clarify that, in a table-funded mortgage loan transaction, fees charged by the person named as the lender in specified documents evidencing the loan indebtedness are not considered finder's fees; establishing a specified statute of limitations; applying the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing Cancelled on 02/20/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Notice of Claim for Damages - Time for [SB-406]
Altering the time period from 180 days to 3 years after an accident out of which the cause of action arises within which notice of a claim for damages must be filed with the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund before a person may apply or sue for payment from the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
State Board of Nursing - Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Medication Technicians, [SB-337]
Exempting individuals who provide gratuitous care for specified individuals from the requirement that an individual must be licensed or certified before practicing specified health occupations; exempting individuals who respond to a disaster situation in the State from the requirement that an individual must be licensed before practicing registered nursing or licensed practical nursing under specified circumstances; authorizing the Board to grant specified licenses by endorsement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012