1998 Regular Session
LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 74
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Harkins, Jacobs, McIntosh, Perry, Preis, Bonsack, Bobo, Pitkin, and Dembrow
- Entitled
- Qualified Immunity from Civil Liability - SLAPP Suits
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates M. Burns and Hecht
- Entitled
- Sexually Violent Predator Act of 1998
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Grosfeld and Billings
- Entitled
- Civil Actions - Health Maintenance Organizations - Liability for Damages
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dembrow, Poole, and Donoghue
- Entitled
- Public Recreation on Private Land - Historical and Cultural Reenactments
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Menes, Montague, R. Baker, Eckardt, Frush, Grosfeld, Hutchins, and Moe
- Entitled
- Needle Exchange Program - Statewide Expansion
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Vallario, Dembrow, Montague, Turner, and R. Baker
- Entitled
- Civil Actions - Substituted Service of Process
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Finifter, Pitkin, Barve, Beck, Bobo, Clagett, Conroy, Dembrow, Dypski, Exum, Faulkner, Frank, Frush, Goldwater, Healey, Heller, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Kopp, Krysiak, Mandel, Marriott, Minnick, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Preis, Snodgrass, DeCarlo, Cryor, Pendergrass, Petzold, and Workman
- Entitled
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1998
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love, Conway, McClenahan, Turner, Kach, Rudolph, V. Mitchell, Crumlin, Krysiak, W. Baker, Frank, Gordon, Bozman, Donoghue, and Dembrow
- Entitled
- Commercial Law - Checks and Other Instruments - Rights of Holders
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Petzold
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Unsolicited Loans
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hammen, Frush, Nathan-Pulliam, Redmer, and Watson (Joint Legislative Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donation) and Delegates Guns, D. Hughes, McHale, Mohorovic, Harkins, Morhaim, Stull, Owings, Oaks, Klausmeier, Hubbard, Stup, D. Davis, Weir, Bonsack, Comeau, Krysiak, Dypski, C. Mitchell, Branch, Harrison, Baldwin, Bissett, and Conroy
- Entitled
- The William H. Amoss Organ and Tissue Donation Act of 1998
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Leopold, McClenahan, V. Mitchell, Bissett, Cadden, Schade, Morgan, Ports, Flanagan, Kittleman, W. Baker, La Vay, and Love
- Entitled
- Insurance - Motor Vehicle Accident Compensation and Cost Savings Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boston, Branch, Kirk, McIntosh, Dypski, Watson, Oaks, Krysiak, McHale, Marriott, Hammen, Fulton, C. Mitchell, E. Burns, Montague, Opara, T. Murphy, Harrison, and Campbell
- Entitled
- Tax Sale Procedure - Notice to Tenants
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shriver and Guns
- Entitled
- Natural Resources - Public Recreation on Private and Public Land
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Baltimore City Community College)
- Entitled
- Local Government Tort Claims Act - Applicability
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love, M. Burns, Rzepkowski, Morhaim, Frank, Perry, and Clagett
- Entitled
- Community Associations - Civil Liability
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bissett and Harkins
- Entitled
- Architects - Emergencies - Voluntary Practice of Architecture - Immunity
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Convictions for Certain Crimes Against Children, Sexually Violent Offenses, or Other Sexual Offenses - Registration Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Menes, Montague, Hutchins, Grosfeld, Eckardt, Frush, Moe, Howard, R. Baker, Crumlin, and Pitkin
- Entitled
- Local HIV Prevention Initiative
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pendergrass, Exum, Love, Kirk, Krysiak, Kach, and V. Mitchell
- Entitled
- Parent-Child Immunity - Motor Vehicle Cases - Abrogation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 498
Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Wood
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Agents of Manufacturers and Distributors - Prohibition on Retail Sales
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- Immunities and Prohibited Actions - State Boards - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 557
Status as of March 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate D. Murphy
- Entitled
- Personal Flotation Devices - Children
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates O'Donnell, Conroy, Perry, E. Burns, Morgan, Schade, M. Burns, Rzepkowski, and Ports
- Entitled
- Parental Rights Act of 1998
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program PG 416-98
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Morhaim
- Entitled
- Home Inspectors - Disclosure Requirements, Limitations of Liability, and Inspection Standards
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Charles County Delegation
- Entitled
- Charles County - Transportation - Towing or Removing Vehicles from Parking Lots
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Exum
- Entitled
- Health Insurance Carriers - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontracting of Health Care Providers' Contracts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Poole and Frank
- Entitled
- Limited Liability Companies - Tax Exemption for Transfers of Real Property to a Limited Liability Company and Conversions to a Limited Liability Company
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Poole and Frank
- Entitled
- Limited Liability Companies - Tax Exemption for Transfers of Real Property From a Predecessor Entity to a Limited Liability Company
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Proctor, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Bozman, Branch, E. Burns, Cadden, Conroy, C. Davis, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Dypski, Exum, Goldwater, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Jones, Linton, Malone, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Mohorovic, Opara, Taylor, Pitkin, Nathan-Pulliam, Workman, Howard, Frush, Owings, Weir, Stull, Muse, Patterson, Moe, McHale, Mossburg, Edwards, Palumbo, R. Baker, Morgan, Walkup, McClenahan, Wood, Montague, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Employees' and Teachers' Pension Systems - Modification of Benefits and Contributions - Optional Defined Contribution System
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McKee
- Entitled
- Courts - Victims of Crime - Immunity From Civil Liability
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate La Vay
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicles - Rental Vehicles
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Montague, Genn, and Bonsack
- Entitled
- Civil Actions - Health Care Malpractice - Carriers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Doory, Vallario, Grosfeld, Montague, T. Murphy, Petzold, Dembrow, and Perry
- Entitled
- Civil Actions - Liability of Insurer for Damages, Costs, and Expenses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frank, Gordon, and Poole
- Entitled
- Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Exemptions for Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Corporations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Pitkin
- Entitled
- Products Liability - Tobacco Products
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Genn, Comeau, R. Baker, Goldwater, Kopp, Preis, and Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Witnesses - Notification of Release and Escape of Offender
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krysiak, Love, Kach, Cadden, Fulton, Kirk, Branch, DeCarlo, Mossburg, Harkins, and Ports
- Entitled
- Maryland Port Commission - Ports of Maryland - Creation of Licensing Program for Harbor Pilots
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dembrow
- Entitled
- Named Operator Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 1144
Status as of April 10, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo, Faulkner, Kittleman, Mandel, McIntosh, Pendergrass, Pitkin, and Snodgrass
- Entitled
- Election Law - Campaign Finance - Attribution of Contributions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Commerce and Government Matters
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pitkin, R. Baker, W. Baker, Baldwin, Barve, Beck, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Cadden, Clagett, Comeau, Conroy, Crumlin, Cryor, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dypski, Exum, Faulkner, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Genn, Goldwater, Grosfeld, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Kopp, Leopold, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, C. Mitchell, Montague, Morhaim, T. Murphy, Muse, Oaks, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Petzold, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rzepkowski, Shriver, Turner, Watson, Nathan-Pulliam, E. Burns, and Opara
- Entitled
- Parents' and Employees' Right to Know - Pesticide Applications - Schools and Child Care Centers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Genn, Doory, Exum, M. Burns, R. Baker, Franchot, Valderrama, Petzold, Grosfeld, Conroy, Menes, Pitkin, Goldwater, and Kopp
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges - Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love, Kach, and Donoghue
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Home Inspections
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Muse, Marriott, C. Mitchell, Benson, Fulton, Branch, E. Burns, Harrison, Patterson, and C. Davis
- Entitled
- Drug Dealer Liability Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schade, Baldwin, M. Burns, Ports, and Rzepkowski
- Entitled
- Homicide - Use of Deadly Force in Residence - Defense
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frank and Dembrow
- Entitled
- Motor Vehicle Insurance - Excess Liability Coverage - Indemnification
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Poole
- Entitled
- Police Dogs - Liability for Harm
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Finifter
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Conversion of Sole Proprietorships to Limited Liability Companies by Personal Representatives and Fiduciaries
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The President (Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision)
- Entitled
- Public Utility Companies
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
- Entitled
- Property Tax - Liability for Taxes on Transferred Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, Colburn, Green, Haines, and Jimeno
- Entitled
- Sexually Violent Predators
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Blount, Lawlah, Pinsky, Stone, Colburn, Ruben, and Trotter
- Entitled
- Powers of Attorney
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Roesser, Munson, Baker, Colburn, Dorman, Dyson, Fry, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger, Jimeno, Kelley, Middleton, Neall, and Stone
- Entitled
- Commercial Law - Checks and Other Instruments - Rights of Holders
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Bromwell
- Entitled
- Sexually Violent Predator Act of 1998
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hollinger, Derr, and Dorman (Joint Legislative Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donation) and Senators Astle, Bromwell, Della, Hafer, Madden, Roesser, Teitelbaum, and Trotter
- Entitled
- The William H. Amoss Organ and Tissue Donation Act of 1998
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Trotter, Hollinger, Teitelbaum, Kelley, McFadden, Blount, Sfikas, Conway, Hoffman, and Currie
- Entitled
- Local HIV Prevention Initiative
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
SB 321
Status as of February 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Munson
- Entitled
- Corporate Entities - Maintenance of Medical Records - Surety Bonds
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1998
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Architects - Emergencies - Voluntary Practice of Architecture - Immunity
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 357
Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Favorable with Amendments Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Della
- Entitled
- Procurement - Debarment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Commerce and Government Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Boozer
- Entitled
- Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Exemptions for Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Corporations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Collins
- Entitled
- Qualified Immunity from Civil Liability - SLAPP Suits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Haines
- Entitled
- Care of Mistreated Animals - Accompanying Veterinarians
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
SB 413
Status as of February 6, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Van Hollen, Dorman, Conway, Currie, Teitelbaum, Kelley, Pinsky, McFadden, and Forehand
- Entitled
- Chesapeake Bay Poultry Waste Management Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kasemeyer
- Entitled
- Home Inspectors - Disclosure Requirements, Limitations of Liability, and Inspection Standards
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Trotter, Pinsky, Stone, Middlebrooks, Neall, and Van Hollen
- Entitled
- Insurers - Third Party Claimants - Notice of Payment to Claimant's Attorney
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Boozer
- Entitled
- Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Exemption and Payment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Ferguson (By Request)
- Entitled
- Family Law - Temporary Ex Parte Orders
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Collins, Craig, Fry, and Jimeno
- Entitled
- Maryland Port Commission - Ports of Maryland - Creation of Licensing Program for Harbor Pilots
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Van Hollen, Kelley, and Boozer
- Entitled
- Maryland Comparative Negligence Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Roesser, Hollinger, Stoltzfus, and McCabe
- Entitled
- Optometrists and Physicians - Replacement Contact Lens Prescriptions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Forehand, Roesser, Dorman, McFadden, and Sfikas
- Entitled
- Health Insurance Carriers - Assignment, Transfer, or Subcontracting of Health Care Providers' Contracts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Home Inspections
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
