File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Stone
- 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.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Brinkley) Adopted
- 3/21
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Rejected (23-23)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (26-21)
- 4/3
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (28-18)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Judiciary
- 3/22
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-2)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 150
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, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
- Number: 618479/01 Offered on: March 21, 2007 at:
4:33 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 663720/01 Offered on: March 21, 2007 at:
4:33 p.m. Status: Rejected
House
- Number: 262816/01 Offered on: April 6, 2007 at:
11:41 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 21, 2007: Floor Amendment (Kittleman) {663720/1 Rejected (23-23)
- March 22, 2007: Third Reading Passed (26-21)
- April 3, 2007: Third Reading Passed (28-18)
House
- April 2, 2007: Third Reading Passed (134-2)