EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Real Property
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Bobo, Barnes, Carr, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hecht,
Holmes, Hubbard, Lafferty, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pendergrass, Ramirez,
Stein, and F. Turner
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Richard Atta Poku Foreclosure Defense Act
 
Authorizing a court to order reasonable discovery in an action to stop
or stay a foreclosure sale of residential property under specified
circumstances; prohibiting a record owner's right to appeal a final
judgment of the circuit court in a foreclosure action from being
conditioned on the posting of a supersedeas bond in an amount
exceeding the past due monthly payments under the mortgage loan, late
fees, minimum monthly payments, and taxes and specified other payments
due during the appeal; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/4
 - First Reading Environmental Matters
 - 2/7
 - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/20
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
 - 3/17
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/18
 - Third Reading Passed (131-3)
 
Senate Action
- 3/21
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 3/25
 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
 - Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21
 - Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18
 - Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
 - Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
 - Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
 - Delegate Guy Guzzone, District 13
 - Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3A
 - Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
 - Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
 - Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42
 - Delegate Heather R. Mizeur, District 20
 - Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
 - Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
 - Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
 - Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
 - Delegate Dana Stein, District 11
 - Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Appeals -see also- Judicial Review
 - Bonds -see also- County & Baltimore City Bonds; State Bonds.
 - Circuit Courts
 - Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
 - Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans`; etc.
 - Foreclosure
 - Mortgages
 - Real Property
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Real Property
 - (
 7-105.1 
)
 
- 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: 300215/01     Offered on: March 20, 2008      at:
11:07 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
 House 
- March 18, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (131-3)