File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Dembrow, Bissett, Menes, Harkins, and Petzold
- Entitled:
-
Legislative Immunity - Constituent Service Activities and
Communications
Providing immunity from civil liability to a member of a state
legislature, including the General Assembly of Maryland, for any act
or omission relating to a constituent service or communication made on
behalf of a constituent that is within the scope of the public duties
of the member; providing that the member is not civilly liable for
defamation under specified circumstances; providing a right of appeal
from specified interlocutory orders denying specified immunity under
specified circumstances; etc.
House Action
- 1/17
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/22
- Hearing 2/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 2/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/28
- Third Reading Passed (128-6)
- 3/31
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Dembrow, Perry, D. Murphy
- 4/5
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (107-14)
- 4/6
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/22
- Governor vetoed - Duplicative
Senate Action
- 3/3
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-1)
- 4/5
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Middlebrooks, Kelley, Ferguson
- 4/6
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (35-2)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
- Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30
- Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- LEGISLATIVE POLICY COM.; AELR
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- LIBEL AND SLANDER
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
5-399.8 ,
5-399.9 ,
12-303
)
- State Government
- (
2-1801
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- House
- Number: 001683/1 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 25, 1997 at: 10:30
Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 078144/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 3, 1997 at: 11:29
Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 792398/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 19:42
Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 192797/2 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 19:42
Status: Adopted