File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 356/00 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Getty
- Entitled:
-
District Court - Civil Jurisdiction - Dishonored Checks and Other
Instruments
Clarifying that the District Court of Maryland has exclusive original
civil jurisdiction in an action for damages for a dishonored check or
other instrument regardless of the amount in controversy; and
providing that in an action for damages for a dishonored check or
instrument a defendant is entitled to demand a transfer of the action
from the District Court to a circuit court under specified
circumstance.
House Action
- 08/11
- Pre-filed
- 1/10
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/11
- Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 2/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/9
- Third Reading Passed (133-2)
- 4/3
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/17
- Governor vetoed - Policy
Senate Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/14
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-2)
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHECKS
- CIRCUIT COURTS
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- DAMAGES
- DISTRICT COURTS
- JURISDICTION
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
15-802
)
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
4-401 ,
4-402
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 822516/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 6, 2001 at:
10:39 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 228978/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 5, 2001 at:
9:11 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 9, 2001: Third Reading Passed (133-2)
- April 3, 2001: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- Senate
- April 3, 2001: Third Reading Passed (45-2)