2008 Regular Session
Circuit Courts
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 54
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- District Court - Small Claim Actions - Amount in Controversy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Vallario
- Entitled
- Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Courts - Violation of Probation or Suspension of Sentence - Notice or Warrant
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 102
Status as of March 21, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Bronrott, Dumais, Haynes, Ivey, Rice, Ross, F. Turner, Frick, Gilchrist, Cardin, Doory, Olszewski, and Stukes
- Entitled
- Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Anderson, Haynes, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Smigiel, Vallario, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Criminal Appeals - District Courts - Stay of Sentence and Release
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo and V. Clagett
- Entitled
- Charter Counties - Land Use Appeals - Standing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson, Ali, Barnes, Benson, Eckardt, Glenn, Haynes, Healey, Howard, Ivey, Levi, McIntosh, Proctor, Simmons, Smigiel, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, and Walker
- Entitled
- Crimes - Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalties - Distribution to County Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Services Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank and Dumais
- Entitled
- Office of the State Prosecutor - Subpoena Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg and Vallario
- Entitled
- Circuit Courts - Venue - Removal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barnes
- Entitled
- Costs - Circuit Courts and District Court - Failure to Appear or Violation of Probation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- 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
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Love
- Entitled
- Surety Insurers - Failure to Pay Bail Bond Judgment - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters and Judiciary
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ramirez, Anderson, Barnes, Bobo, Carter, Heller, Levi, McComas, McConkey, Schuler, Vallario, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Offensive Physical Contact
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Subdivision Appeals PG/MC 105-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
HB 931
Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - Planning Board - Enforcement Powers PG/MC 112-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barnes, Frush, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Charitable Solicitations - Commercial Resellers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Master for Juvenile Causes - Authority PG 303-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conaway and Glenn
- Entitled
- Baltimore City Circuit Court - Jury Duty - Payment to Jurors
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Myers, Bates, Beitzel, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Hecht, Kelly, Krebs, Norman, O'Donnell, Riley, Shank, Stocksdale, Stull, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Election Law - Statewide Voter List - Information from Circuit Courts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Civil Unions - Establishment, Rights, and Responsibilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Levi, Anderson, Barnes, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Carter, V. Clagett, Davis, Dumais, Feldman, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hucker, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Ross, Simmons, Tarrant, Taylor, Valderrama, Vaughn, and Walker
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Occupational Licenses or Certificates - Issuance of a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee
- Entitled
- Spending Mandate Relief Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush, Gaines, and Niemann
- Entitled
- Circuit Court Judges - Election and Term of Office
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Circuit Courts - Confirmation of Arbitration Awards
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stull, Bartlett, G. Clagett, Elmore, George, Hecht, Kelly, McIntosh, Myers, Norman, Shank, Sossi, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Commercial Law - Below Cost Sales - Fluid Milk Products
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee and Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Insurance Administration, Maryland)
- Entitled
- Bail Bonds - Bail and Bail Bondsmen - Licensure and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hixson
- Entitled
- Elections - Instant Runoff Method of Voting
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Howard, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Braveboy, Cane, G. Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kirk, Lafferty, Levi, Malone, McHale, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Riley, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Walker, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Education - Collective Bargaining - Public School Labor Relations Board
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway and Eckardt
- Entitled
- Real Property - Talbot County - Recordation of County Right-of-Way Plats
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bates and Miller
- Entitled
- Recordation Tax - Fees for Collection
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Nuclear Decommissioning, Electric Industry Restructuring, and Acquisition and Financing Approvals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
SB 54
Status as of January 16, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Gladden, Conway, Dyson, and Exum
- Entitled
- Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Courts - Violation of Probation or Suspension of Sentence - Notice or Warrant
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Brochin
- Entitled
- Crimes - Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalties - Distribution to County Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Services Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Frosh
- Entitled
- Maryland Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brochin and Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Postconviction Proceeding - Venue
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Marriage Ceremonies - Authorized Officials - Retired Clerks
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Maryland Sales Below Cost of Fluid Milk Products Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee
- Entitled
- Spending Mandate and Revenue Dedication Relief Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Frosh, Conway, Currie, Kasemeyer, King, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Circuit Courts - Venue - Removal
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Surety Insurers - Failure to Pay Bail Bond Judgment - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters and Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier and Stone
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Baltimore County
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Dyson, Forehand, Kramer, Madaleno, Raskin, and Stone
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Violations by Drivers Under the Age of 18 Years - Driver's License Suspensions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jacobs
- Entitled
- Office of the State Prosecutor - Subpoena Authority
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators DeGrange, Astle, Garagiola, Muse, and Robey
- Entitled
- Costs - Circuit Courts and District Court - Failure to Appear or Violation of Probation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Brinkley, Colburn, Exum, Glassman, and Munson
- Entitled
- Commercial Law - Below Cost Sales - Fluid Milk Products
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Occupational Licenses or Certificates - Issuance of a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- St. Mary's County - Video Gaming Devices - Attorney General to Seek Declaratory Judgment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Brochin, Della, Dyson, Exum, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Education - Collective Bargaining - Public School Labor Relations Board
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Real Property - Talbot County - Recordation of County Right-of-Way Plats
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Commercial Law - Maryland Cigarette Sales Below Cost Act - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Public Service Commission - Nuclear Decommissioning, Electric Industry Restructuring, and Acquisition and Financing Approvals
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
