File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Simmons, Olszewski, Vallario, Rosenberg, Anderson, Barnes,
Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Dwyer, Frank, Kelly, Kramer, Lee, Levi, McComas,
Ramirez, Schuler, Smigiel, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled:
-
Civil Actions - Liability of Insurer - Failure to Act in Good Faith
Authorizing the recovery of actual damages, expenses, litigation
costs, and interest in first-party claims against property and
casualty insurers under specified circumstances; providing that the
interest is to be computed at a specified rate and from a specified
date; requiring a clerk of a court to file a copy of specified
verdicts and other dispositions with the Maryland Insurance
Administration; etc.
House Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/21
- Third Reading Passed (134-3)
- 3/30
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/27
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Stone) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (33-13)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/17
- Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
- Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
- Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21
- Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
- Delegate Frank M. Conaway, Jr., District 40
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Donald H. Dwyer, Jr., District 31
- Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
- Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
- Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Gerron Levi, District 23A
- Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
- Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
- Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
- Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Administrative Hearings, Office of
- Appeals -see also- Judicial Review
- Attorneys
- Circuit Courts
- Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
- Clerks of Court
- Court Costs
- Damages
- Fees -see also- Devt Fees and Taxes; Reimbursement Rates
- Hearings
- Insurance Administration
- Insurance -see also- Health Ins; MAIF; Motor Vehicle Ins
- Interest
- Judicial Review -see also- Appeals
- Juries -see also- Grand Juries
- Jurisdiction
- Liability -see also- Good Samaritan
- Motor Vehicle Insurance -see also- MD Auto Insurance Fund
- Notices
- Penalties
- Real Property
- Reports
- Restitution
- Statutes of Limitation
- Trials
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
3-1701 ,
5-118
)
- Insurance
- (
27-303 ,
27-303 ,
27-304 ,
27-304 ,
27-305 ,
27-1001
)
- Article - 1 Rules of Interpretation
- (
32
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 922512/01 Offered on: March 23, 2007 at:
5:42 p.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 298874/02 Offered on: April 3, 2007 at:
11:11 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 373329/01 Offered on: April 3, 2007 at:
11:16 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 21, 2007: Third Reading Passed (134-3)
- March 30, 2007: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Senate
- March 31, 2007: Third Reading Passed (33-13)