Judges

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 42

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  HB 4

  Status as of February 10, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cardin, Stein, DeBoy, Minnick, and Nathan-Pulliam

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Orphans' Court Judges - Qualifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 17

  Status as of February 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Glenn

  Entitled

  Crimes - Elder Abuse or Neglect - Increased Penalties and Restrictions on Pretrial Release (The John H. Taylor Act)

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 21

  Status as of April 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McConkey

  Entitled

  Certificate of a Qualified Expert - Lead Paint Poisoning Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 113

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kipke, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Glass, Hogan, Kach, K. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, McMillan, Myers, Schuh, Schulz, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Szeliga, Vitale, and Wood

  Entitled

  Election Law - Polling Places - Proof of Identity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 199

  Status as of March 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)

  Entitled

  Courts - Sentence Review - Review Panel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 249

  Status as of March 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Judicial Compensation Commission)

  Entitled

  Judges' Retirement System - Compensation, Contribution Rates, and Vesting Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 261

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 505

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Vallario, McDermott, Anderson, Dumais, Glenn, K. Kelly, Simmons, Smigiel, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Citations and Appearances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 338

  Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hough, Afzali, Cluster, DeBoy, Eckardt, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, K. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Parrott, Schuh, Schulz, Simmons, and Stocksdale

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Restrictions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 398

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 369

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Niemann, Afzali, Barnes, Clippinger, Dumais, Frush, Hough, Lee, McDermott, Parrott, Ready, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Investigation of Felony Theft Scheme

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 480

  Status as of April 3, 2012: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Braveboy, Jameson, Alston, Barnes, Carter, Frush, Gaines, Holmes, Howard, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ross, V. Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Vaughn, and Walker

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Unexecuted Warrant, Summons, or Other Criminal Process - Invalidation and Destruction

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 516

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 379

  Sponsored By

  Allegany County Delegation

  Entitled

  Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 528

  Status as of March 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais, Kramer, Arora, Barkley, Barve, Carr, Cullison, Feldman, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hixson, Hucker, Kaiser, A. Kelly, K. Kelly, Lee, Luedtke, A. Miller, Reznik, S. Robinson, Simmons, Waldstreicher, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Local Correctional Facilities - Sentenced Inmates

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 543

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hough, Afzali, Cluster, Eckardt, Kach, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Mitchell, Ready, Simmons, Smigiel, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Victim-Offender Mediation Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 705

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Afzali, Cluster, Glass, Hough, Kipke, McComas, McDermott, Myers, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, and Smigiel

  Entitled

  Election Law - Polling Places - Proof of Identity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 820

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates W. Miller, Afzali, Aumann, Barkley, Barve, Bates, Bobo, Boteler, Burns, Cluster, Davis, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Feldman, Fisher, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hough, Hucker, Impallaria, Jacobs, Jameson, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Love, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, Minnick, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Ready, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Schuh, Schulz, Serafini, Smigiel, Stifler, Stocksdale, Valentino-Smith, and Vitale

  Entitled

  State Government - Inspector General

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 823

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Orphans' Court - Minor - Guardianship of the Person

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 824

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 681

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Appointment and Term of Chair

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 852

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Conaway

  Entitled

  Correctional Services - Division of Correction - Length of Sentence

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 883

  Status as of April 4, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Glass, Braveboy, Dwyer, Frush, Hixson, Hough, Howard, Ivey, Jacobs, Kaiser, McComas, McDonough, A. Miller, Ready, Rosenberg, Ross, Schulz, Serafini, Stocksdale, Stukes, and Vitale

  Entitled

  Family Law - Protective Orders - Additional Relief

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1030

  Status as of February 10, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Alston and Braveboy

  Entitled

  District Court - Prince George's County - Masters for Traffic Offenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1061

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hough, Afzali, McDermott, Parrott, and Ready

  Entitled

  Judiciary Department - Commission on Judicial Disabilities - Powers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1165

  Status as of February 10, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais, McComas, Alston, Anderson, Arora, Carter, Clippinger, Cluster, Conaway, Hough, K. Kelly, Lee, McDermott, Mitchell, Simmons, Smigiel, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Commission on Child Custody Decision Making

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HJ 4

  Status as of January 26, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Judicial Compensation Commission)

  Entitled

  Judicial Compensation Commission - Recommendations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  SB 48

  Status as of April 20, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 146

  Sponsored By

  Baltimore County Senators

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Orphans' Court Judges - Qualifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 81

  Status as of February 14, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Orphans' Court Judges - Qualifications

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 101

  Status as of March 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Department of Natural Resources - Tracking Device on Vessel - Prohibition Without Court Order

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 181

  Status as of January 25, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Raskin

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Public Financing of Judicial Elections

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 211

  Status as of January 24, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)

  Entitled

  Courts - Sentence Review - Review Panel

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 223

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Crimes - Elder Abuse or Neglect - Increased Penalties and Restrictions on Pretrial Release (The John H. Taylor Act)

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 335

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 485

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Judicial Compensation Commission)

  Entitled

  Judges' Retirement System - Contribution Rates and Vesting Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 398

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand and Madaleno

  Entitled

  Local Correctional Facilities - Sentenced Inmates

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 412

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jennings

  Entitled

  Election Law - Polling Places - Proof of Identity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 416

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Orphans' Court - Minor - Guardianship of the Person

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 470

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Edwards

  Entitled

  Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 496

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 525

  Sponsored By

  Senators Gladden and Middleton

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Unexecuted Warrant, Summons, or Other Criminal Process - Invalidation and Destruction

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 561

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Jacobs, Kelley, King, Montgomery, Ramirez, Raskin, and Stone

  Entitled

  Family Law - Protective Orders - Additional Relief

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 616

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jennings

  Entitled

  Commission to Study the Retirement of Judges

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 629

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Appointment and Term of Chair

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 690

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Shank

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Restrictions

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 704

  Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Colburn

  Entitled

  State Government - Inspector General

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 1101

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ramirez

  Entitled

  Red Light, Speeding, and Parking Violations - Civil Penalties - Late Payment Fee

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SJ 3

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Joint Resolution 5

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Judicial Compensation Commission)

  Entitled

  Judicial Compensation Commission - Recommendations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings
  House: Appropriations