CHAPTER NUMBER: 558
File Code: General Assembly
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Munson
- 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 a 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.
Senate Action
- 10/11
- Pre-filed
- 1/8
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 1/2
- Hearing 1/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/13
- Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- 4/2
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Middlebrooks, Kelley, Ferguson
- 4/6
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (43-0)
- 4/5
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/22
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 558
House Action
- 2/14
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/18
- Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (111-22)
- 3/30
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Dembrow, Perry, D. Murphy
- 4/5
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (110-17)
- 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:
- Senate
- Number: 688245/1 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 11, 1997 at: 10:52
Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 571683/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 31, 1997 at: 15:37
Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 582797/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 18:49
Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 122099/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 7, 1997 at: 18:49
Status: Adopted