HOUSE BILL 770

CHAPTER NUMBER: 318 File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 175

Sponsored By:

Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates R. Baker, Barve, Beck, Bozman, E. Burns, M. Burns, Cadden, Conway, Cryor, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Exum, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Harkins, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Hutchins, Kach, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, Love, McIntosh, McKee, Montague, Morhaim, T. Murphy, Owings, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Rosapepe, Rudolph, Shriver, Snodgrass, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, and Workman

Entitled:

Wrongful Death - Damages

Synopsis:

Establishing that a beneficiary may be entitled to noneconomic damages in a wrongful death action for the death of a child or certain parents of a child who is not a minor child; revoking specified conditions required to entitle beneficiaries to noneconomic damages; altering the method by which a court is required to allocate noneconomic damages in which there are two or more claimants or beneficiaries if the jury awards an amount that exceeds the statutory limit; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

1/31

First Reading Judiciary

2/5

Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.

3/24

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/21

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/22

Third Reading Passed (137-1)

3/30

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (134-3)

Passed Enrolled

5/8

Signed by the Governor Chapter 318

Senate Action

3/24

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

3/31

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/1

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/2

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine Maryl

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28

Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A

Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8

Delegate James C. Rosapepe, District 21

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS

COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS

DAMAGES

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH

PATERNITY

WRONGFUL DEATH

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 3-904 , 5-201 , 11-108 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 791883/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 24, 1997 at: 17:07 Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 028248/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 1, 1997 at: 12:09 Status: Adopted