Statutes Of Limitation
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations [SB-69]
Extending from 7 to 20 years the statute of limitations in specified civil actions relating to child sexual abuse; and applying the Act retroactively.
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Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-656]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer or a first responder under specified circumstances constitutes aggravating circumstances that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [SB-513]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - First Degree Murder - Sentencing (Geraldine's Law) [SB-402]
Requiring the court to impose lifetime supervision for a person sentenced to imprisonment for life for first degree murder; requiring the lifetime supervision to include at least 5 years of supervised probation, electronic monitoring for life following release, and specified conditions as determined by the court; authorizing a person to file a petition for discharge from lifetime supervision and requiring a court to hear and adjudicate the petition; prohibiting more than one petition for discharge in 1 year; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Local Government Tort Claims Act and Maryland Tort Claims Act - Statute of Limitations and Notice Requirements [SB-356]
Providing that when a specified cause of action accrues in favor of a minor or mental incompetent under the Local Government Tort Claims Act or the Maryland Tort Claims Act, an action must be filed within 3 years after the disability is removed; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Nonviolent Felonies - Stet, Shielding, and Expungement [SB-329]
Requiring a court to dispose of a charge for a nonviolent felony by stet if the court finds that the disposition is in the interest of justice; authorizing a person to file a petition to shield a conviction for a nonviolent felony in accordance with specified provisions of law no earlier than 3 years after the person satisfies specified requirements; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Election Laws - Loans to a Campaign Finance Entity [SB-290]
Prohibiting money received by a campaign finance entity from specified persons from being considered a loan; providing that the terms of a loan to a campaign finance entity require that the loan be repaid no later than the end of the second year of the election cycle immediately following the election cycle in which the loan was made; specifying that penalties assessed for violations of campaign contribution limits may be assessed against a lender, the candidate whose campaign finance entity received the loan, or both; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Condominiums - Warranty Claims [SB-250]
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; making unenforceable specified provisions of specified governing documents; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Damage or Loss Related to Property Occurring After Completion of Improvement to Real Property [SB-237]
Replacing references to "injury" to real or personal property with "damage or loss" to real or personal property in specified provisions of law related to causes of action for specified injuries occurring after completion of specified improvements to real property.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Human Relations - Discrimination by a Place of Public Accommodation - Enforcement and Remedies [SB-223]
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; expanding the remedies available for specified discrimination; clarifying the remedies available for an unlawful employment practice; authorizing a complainant alleging specified discrimination to bring a civil action under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder or Arson - Statute of Limitations [SB-216]
Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree, or arson in the second degree is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the solicitation.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Modification of Sentences [SB-121]
Allowing a motion for modification of sentence to be filed within 90 days after imposition of a sentence; prohibiting a court from increasing a sentence on a motion for modification of sentence; prohibiting a court from reducing a sentence below the sentencing guidelines; requiring that the State's Attorney provide notice to victims regarding a motion for modification of sentence and whether there will be a hearing; prohibiting a court from revising a sentence after 5 years from the date of sentencing; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Safety and Policing Workgroup - Recommendations [SB-1026]
Requiring a complaint against a law enforcement officer alleging brutality in the execution of the officer's duties to be signed under the penalty of perjury instead of before an official authorized to administer oaths; authorizing an individual who has a video recording to file a brutality complaint against a law enforcement officer; altering the time period within which a specified complaint against a law enforcement officer may be filed; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Statute of Limitations - Residential Leases Signed Under Seal [HB-971]
Clarifying the time period within which a civil action on a residential lease that has been signed under seal must be filed; and declaring that it is the intent of the General Assembly to clarify that an action for rent arrears under any kind of residential lease must be filed in compliance with specified provisions of law.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Crimes - Solicitation to Commit Murder or Arson - Statute of Limitations [HB-97]
Providing that the statute of limitations for the crime of solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, arson in the first degree, or arson in the second degree is the statute of limitations for the prosecution of the substantive crime that is the subject of the solicitation.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement [HB-956]
Providing that a person is entitled to expungement of an invalidated arrest warrant for the person's arrest and associated police records; authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement no earlier than 10 years after the person was convicted of a misdemeanor; prohibiting the filing of a petition for expungement based on a probation before judgment earlier than the date the petitioner was discharged from probation; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Courts - Evidence - Membership in or Association With a Criminal Gang [HB-93]
Authorizing the admissibility of specified evidence in a civil or criminal proceeding to prove membership in or association with a criminal gang, with a specified exception.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Acquittal, Dismissal, and Nolle Prosequi [HB-914]
Providing that a person who is entitled to expungement under a specified provision of law based on an acquittal, a dismissal, a nolle prosequi, or a nolle prosequi with the requirement of drug or alcohol treatment many not be required to pay any fee or costs in connection with the expungement.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Damage or Loss Related to Property Occurring After Completion of Improvement to Real Property [HB-877]
Replacing references to "injury" to real or personal property with "damage or loss" to real or personal property in specified provisions of law related to causes of action for specified injuries occurring after completion of specified improvements to real property.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Nonviolent Felonies - Stet, Shielding, and Expungement [HB-770]
Requiring a court to dispose of a charge for a nonviolent felony by stet if the court finds that the disposition is in the interest of justice; authorizing a person to file a petition to shield a conviction for a nonviolent felony in accordance with specified provisions of law no earlier than 3 years after the person satisfies specified requirements; etc.