CHAPTER NUMBER: 495
File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 516
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Preis, Turner, Harkins, Hutchins, Perry, and Bissett
- Entitled:
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Prisoner Litigation Act
Requiring a prisoner who files a civil action relating to the
conditions of confinement to pay, subject to specified exceptions, all
or a specified portion of the applicable filing fee; prohibiting a
prisoner from maintaining a civil action under specified
circumstances; requiring a prisoner who files a civil action to attach
specified information to the initial complaint; allowing a court,
prior to a specified event, to review a prisoner's complaint to
identify any cognizable claims; etc.
House Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/5
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Special Order evening session (Delegate C. Davis) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (131-4)
- 3/31
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Preis, Valderrama, D. Murphy
- 4/5
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (125-3)
- 4/6
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/8
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 495
Senate Action
- 3/24
- 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 (47-0)
- 4/5
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Stone, Jimeno, Colburn
- 4/6
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (40-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34
- Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30
- Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A
- Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
- Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- CLERKS OF COURT
- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -see also- PATUXENT INSTITUTION
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- DAMAGES
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- MANDATES
- NOTICES
- PRISONERS
- SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
- SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS -see also- ALIMONY
- VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
5-501 ,
5-502 ,
5-503 ,
5-504 ,
5-505 ,
5-506 ,
5-507
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- House
- Number: 121884/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 21, 1997 at: 10:32
Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 188145/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 3, 1997 at: 11:29
Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 742898/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 19:44
Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 612191/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 19:44
Status: Adopted