1997 Regular Session

CIRCUIT COURTS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 47

HB 19
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 640
Sponsored By
Delegates Taylor, Vallario, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, and Shriver
Entitled
Court Administration - Collection of Fees - Public-Private Partnership
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 69
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Workman
Entitled
Election of Circuit Court Judges - Nonpartisan Elections
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 274
Status as of March 13, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegates Grosfeld, Mandel, Dembrow, Genn, Goldwater, Kopp, Kagan, Petzold, Gordon, Heller, Shriver, Hurson, Franchot, Hixson, Beck, Mossburg, Ciliberti, Faulkner, Cryor, and Flanagan
Entitled
Membership in the Judges' Retirement System - Masters
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 302
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Hammen, Krysiak, Dypski, Rawlings, Marriott, Boston, McIntosh, Rosenberg, Montague, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Watson, Branch, C. Davis, Harrison, T. Murphy, Klausmeier, Nathan-Pulliam, and Parker
Entitled
District Court - Appeals - Enforcement of Certain Local Codes
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 305
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
The Speaker (Judiciary)
Entitled
Judgeships - Trial Courts
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation
HB 382
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Harkins, Preis, and Hubbard
Entitled
Domestic Violence - Civil Protective Orders
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 412
Status as of March 25, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegate Menes (Chairman, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse) and Delegates R. Baker, Boston, E. Burns, Eckardt, Hutchins, Montague, Petzold, Pitkin, and Stup
Entitled
Drug Forfeiture Actions - Procedure
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 419
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Vallario and Pitkin
Entitled
Criminal Procedure - District Court Jurisdiction - First Degree Assault
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 420
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 441
Sponsored By
Delegate Vallario
Entitled
Criminal Procedure - District Court and Circuit Courts - Jurisdiction
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 421
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 442
Sponsored By
Delegates Vallario, Genn, Dembrow, and Doory
Entitled
Courts - Evidence - Paid Bills
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 423
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 443
Sponsored By
Delegates Vallario, Dembrow, Genn, and Doory
Entitled
Medical, Dental, or Hospital Records and Writings - Admissibility
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 517
Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Dembrow, Genn, Grosfeld, Petzold, Preis, and Harkins
Entitled
Montgomery and Harford Counties - Retired Judges - Assignment to Orphans' Court
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 524
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 454
Sponsored By
Prince George's County Delegation
Entitled
Prince George's County - Nuisance Abatement and Local Code Enforcement - Community Associations - Enforcement Authority PG 423-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 615
Status as of March 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegates Preis, Petzold, Menes, and Kopp
Entitled
Higher Education - Enforcement Powers
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 679
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Family Violence Council), and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Hecht, Grosfeld, Montague, Preis, Love, Pendergrass, Conway, Cadden, Brinkley, Petzold, Nathan-Pulliam, Willis, McIntosh, Parker, Rosenberg, B. Hughes, Branch, Slade, Donoghue, Franchot, Edwards, Bobo, Eckardt, Stup, Watson, Mandel, Conroy, Fry, Hubbard, and Pitkin
Entitled
Family Law - Protective Orders
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 860
Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague, Rosenberg, Grosfeld, Doory, C. Davis, Opara, Marriott, McIntosh, Valderrama, Watson, T. Murphy, Bobo, Kirk, Nathan-Pulliam, Menes, Turner, Exum, Genn, B. Hughes, Rawlings, Hecht, R. Baker, E. Burns, Dypski, Shriver, Branch, Dewberry, and Parker
Entitled
District Court Fees - Maryland Legal Services Corporation Funding
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 919
Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate C. Mitchell
Entitled
Baltimore City - Bail Bonds
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 929
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 496
Sponsored By
Montgomery County Delegation
Entitled
Montgomery County - District Court - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction MC 725-97
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1036
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 512
Sponsored By
Delegate Harkins
Entitled
Circuit Courts - Arrest Warrants - Forms
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1039
Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Getty
Entitled
Courts - Fees - Crime Laboratory User Fee
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1043
Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegates Preis and Doory
Entitled
Court-Ordered Mediation - Board of Certification for Mediators
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1075
Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled
Vehicle Offenses - Incarcerable and Nonincarcerable Offenses
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1091
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Frederick County Delegation
Entitled
Frederick County - Marriage License Fee
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1146
Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate Montague
Entitled
Courts - Complaints - Allegation of Monetary Damages
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
HB 1153
Status as of February 21, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations
Sponsored By
Delegate Slade (Chairman, Joint Budget and Audit Committee)
Entitled
General Assembly - Department of Fiscal Services - Office of Legislative Audits
Committee
Assignments
House: Appropriations
HB 1183
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 527
Sponsored By
Delegates Bozman, McClenahan, and Conway
Entitled
Worcester County - Recording and Indexing
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
HB 1245
Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Conference Committee Report Adopted
Sponsored By
Delegate Perry
Entitled
Crimes - Unauthorized Use - Penalties
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1275
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 535
Sponsored By
Delegates Conway, Edwards, McClenahan, Vallario, Bozman, W. Baker, Hutchins, Slade, M. Burns, Getty, Cadden, Montague, and Taylor
Entitled
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Scope
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1322
Status as of March 11, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters
Sponsored By
Delegates Opara, Bobo, Patterson, and Branch
Entitled
Human Relations Commission - Discrimination in Employment
Committee
Assignments
House: Commerce and Government Matters
HB 1346
Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Senate Rules
Sponsored By
Delegates Montague, Taylor, Doory, Perry, Conroy, Petzold, Marriott, McIntosh, Bobo, Kirk, Menes, B. Hughes, Hecht, Parker, Hixson, Bonsack, Cadden, Kopp, Krysiak, Stocksdale, Willis, Howard, Cryor, Clagett, Mandel, Eckardt, Faulkner, Boston, Workman, Pendergrass, Love, Frush, Snodgrass, Watson, Goldwater, Nathan-Pulliam, Pitkin, Grosfeld, Healey, DeCarlo, Klausmeier, Stup, Preis, Opara, Genn, R. Baker, Hammen, Dypski, E. Burns, Harrison, Turner, and Curran
Entitled
Courts - Family Division - Establishment
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
Senate: Senate Rules
HB 1434
Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary
Sponsored By
Delegate C. Davis
Entitled
Child Support - Incarcerated Parents
Committee
Assignments
House: Judiciary
SB 158
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 307
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Miller, Hoffman, Ruben, Roesser, Forehand, Van Hollen, Frosh, Green, Trotter, Bromwell, Hollinger, Sfikas, Stone, Jimeno, Pinsky, Middleton, Teitelbaum, Lawlah, Conway, Colburn, Hughes, Middlebrooks, and Young
Entitled
Family Law - Protective Orders
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 219
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 337
Sponsored By
The President (Judiciary)
Entitled
Judgeships - Trial Courts
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation
House: Judiciary
SB 252
Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Lawlah
Entitled
Prince George's County - Nuisance Abatement and Local Code Enforcement - Community Associations - Enforcement Authority
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 267
Status as of March 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Sfikas, McFadden, Hughes, Blount, Young, Conway, Kelley, and Della
Entitled
District Court - Appeals - Enforcement of Certain Local Codes
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 286
Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (Maryland Judicial Conference)
Entitled
Vehicle Offenses - Incarcerable and Nonincarcerable Offenses
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 362
Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation
Sponsored By
Senators Ruben, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Hogan, Frosh, Forehand, McCabe, and Roesser
Entitled
Membership in the Judges' Retirement System - Masters
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 459
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 359
Sponsored By
Senator Miller
Entitled
Court Administration - Collection of Fees - Public-Private Partnership
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 532
Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 599
Sponsored By
Senators Hoffman, Blount, Kelley, and Conway
Entitled
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages (Hours and Days for Sale)
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
SB 571
Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Kelley, Trotter, Lawlah, Teitelbaum, Sfikas, Conway, Hughes, Boozer, Van Hollen, Hollinger, Jimeno, Forehand, and Frosh
Entitled
Courts - Family Division - Establishment
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 596
Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 374
Sponsored By
Senators Derr and Ferguson (Frederick County Senators)
Entitled
Frederick County - Marriage License Fee
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 599
Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed
Sponsored By
Senators Baker, Jimeno, Middlebrooks, Colburn, Ferguson, Haines, Green, Middleton, Amoss, Stone, Kelley , Forehand, and Hughes
Entitled
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Scope
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 740
Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senators Young, Conway, Blount, Della, Hoffman, and Hughes
Entitled
Baltimore City - Bail Bonds
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 789
Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed
Sponsored By
Senators Amoss, Green, Munson, Currie, and Ferguson
Entitled
Task Force to Study County Property Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 864
Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator Conway
Entitled
Court Fees - Criminal Cases - Law Enforcement Agencies
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 872
Status as of February 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsored By
Senator Della
Entitled
Judicial Compensation
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Senate Rules
SB 877
Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored By
Senator McFadden
Entitled
Child Support - Incarcerated Parents
Committee
Assignments
Senate: Judicial Proceedings