2008 Regular Session
District Courts
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 38
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- District Court - Small Claim Actions - Amount in Controversy
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- District Court - Commissioners - Jurisdiction
- 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
- 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
- Delegate Aumann
- Entitled
- Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Aumann
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Radar Cameras
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- 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
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates McIntosh, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Frush, Glenn, Howard, Hucker, Lafferty, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Stein, and Burns
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Statewide Authorization and Use in Highway Work Zones
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Holmes, Sossi, and Stein
- Entitled
- Landlord and Tenant - Summary Ejectment - Deceased Tenant
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Impallaria, Jennings, and McDonough
- Entitled
- Oil Discharge - Groundwater Contamination - Reimbursement for Costs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Levy, Jameson, Murphy, Bohanan, and Wood
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Moving Violations by Minors - Notification of Parent or Guardian
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barnes
- Entitled
- Costs - Circuit Courts and District Court - Failure to Appear or Violation of Probation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Gutierrez, Lee, Robinson, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Restrictions on Pretrial Release - Offenses Involving Firearms - Repeat Offenders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- 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
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Barnes, Frush, and Holmes
- Entitled
- State Highway Administration - Unauthorized Signs on Rights-of-Way
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems PG 324-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems PG 316-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems PG 312-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Ali, Anderson, Beidle, Benson, Carr, V. Clagett, Doory, Feldman, Jones, Kullen, Love, McIntosh, Rosenberg, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- District Court Commissioners - Interim Protective Orders - Petitions Filed by Law Enforcement
- 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
- Delegate Donoghue
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Fleeing or Eluding Police - Liability of Vehicle Owners
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Howard County Delegation
- Entitled
- Howard County - Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems Ho. Co. 07-08
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Eckardt, Frank, George, Haddaway, McDonough, Shank, and Shewell
- Entitled
- Stalking and Domestic Violence - Cruelty Toward a Pet or Service Animal
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Frush
- Entitled
- Courts - Civil Penalties - Failure to Sterilize Rescued Dog or Cat
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais and Vallario
- Entitled
- Peace Orders - Referral to Mediation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- 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
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- District Court - Commissioners - Jurisdiction
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- 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
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Undocumented Immigrants - Prohibition on Pretrial Release
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Statewide Authorization and Use in Highway Work Zones
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton and Dyson
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Moving Violations by Minors - Notification of Parent or Guardian
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Forehand, and Stone
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Cruelty Toward a Pet or Service Animal
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Gladden and McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Restrictions on Pretrial Release - Offenses Involving Firearms - Repeat Offenders
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- 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
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Occupational Licenses or Certificates - Issuance of a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 963
Status as of March 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Senators
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Safer Roads Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Crimes - Elder Abuse - Increased Penalties and Restrictions on Pretrial Release (The John H. Taylor Act)
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
