2009 Regular Session
Circuit Courts
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 50
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Waldstreicher and McComas
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Possession of Child Pornography - Penalties
- 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
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love and Kullen
- Entitled
- Gaming - Bingo
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Anderson, Carter, Schuler, and Simmons
- Entitled
- Criminal Appeals - District Court - Stay of Sentence and Release
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, Braveboy, Carter, Dumais, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Newly Discovered Evidence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Schuler
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Concurrent Court Jurisdiction - Second or Subsequent Offense of Failure to Register with Sex Offender Registry
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 391
Status as of April 7, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Dumais, Gutierrez, Ivey, Rice, Ross, F. Turner, Frick, Gilchrist, Shank, Murphy, Cardin, Howard, Hixson, Bartlett, Kaiser, Myers, Walker, Olszewski, Stukes, and George
- Entitled
- Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons and Kramer
- Entitled
- Maryland Power of Attorney Form and Oversight Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jameson, Barkley, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Krebs, Kullen, Levy, McComas, Montgomery, Murphy, Robinson, and Wood
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Disposition of Traffic Citations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter, Anderson, Cardin, Ramirez, Simmons, Smigiel, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - De Novo Appeal - Stay of Sentence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Levi and Vallario
- Entitled
- Orphans' Court - Minors - Guardianship of Person
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Levi, Anderson, Barnes, Burns, Carr, Carter, Conaway, Dumais, Gutierrez, Healey, Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Ross, Schuler, F. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Occupational Licenses or Certificates - Criminal Conviction
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington County - Clerk of the Circuit Court - Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 748
Status as of March 26, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Beitzel
- Entitled
- Maryland Dormant Mineral Interests Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Healey, Lafferty, Hecht, Ali, Beidle, Bobo, Cane, Carr, Frush, Glenn, Holmes, Hucker, Shewell, Sossi, Stukes, Valderrama, Niemann, and V. Clagett
- Entitled
- Real Property - Foreclosure of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on Residential Property - Notice to Occupants
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Glenn, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Conaway, DeBoy, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, James, Jones, Kaiser, Kelly, Kirk, Kramer, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Love, Malone, Manno, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Riley, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Workplace Fraud Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ali and Anderson
- Entitled
- Civil Judgment Advances Regulation Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Dumais, Frank, Levi, McConkey, Shank, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Lawyers - Simultaneous Service As Counsel to Counties and Municipalities - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Dwyer, George, McComas, McConkey, Shank, and Sossi
- Entitled
- Administrative Office of the Courts - Uniform Subpoena Procedures and Forms for Circuit Courts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Queen Anne's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Queen Anne's County - Recordation and Transfer Tax - Collection Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McIntosh, Barkley, Bobo, Cane, V. Clagett, Dumais, Frush, Haynes, Healey, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lee, McHale, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Riley, Robinson, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Community Environmental Protection Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Bartlett, Boteler, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, Haddaway, Impallaria, Sossi, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Juvenile Causes - Obtaining Testimony of a Material Witness - Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - Planning Board - Enforcement Powers MC/PG 109-09
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Simmons
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Violations by Drivers Under the Age of 18 Years - Driver's License Suspensions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Simmons
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Frush
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches - Prohibited Acts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, and Haddaway
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Repeal of Sunset
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Holmes
- Entitled
- Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Resident and Park Owner Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McIntosh, Barkley, Beidle, Carr, V. Clagett, Dumais, Frush, Glenn, Haynes, Healey, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Lafferty, Lee, McHale, Morhaim, Niemann, Olszewski, Riley, Robinson, Stein, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Standing - Miscellaneous Environmental Protection Proceedings and Judicial Review
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, Simonaire, Jacobs, and Kramer
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Possession of Child Pornography - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Senators
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- 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
- Senators Frosh, Dyson, Forehand, Jacobs, Madaleno, Mooney, Raskin, Robey, 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
SB 320
Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Forehand, Gladden, Raskin, Brochin, and Frosh
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Newly Discovered Evidence
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Frosh
- Entitled
- Circuit Court Judgeships - Workforce Planning - Counties of Greatest Identified Need
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Criminal Appeals - District Court - Stay of Sentence and Release
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Lawyers - Simultaneous Service As Counsel to Counties and Municipalities - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Forehand, and Stone
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches - Prohibited Acts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Middleton
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Disposition of Traffic Citations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 775
Status as of February 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Edwards
- Entitled
- Maryland Dormant Mineral Interests Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
SB 824
Status as of March 30, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Brochin, Harrington, Pinsky, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Community Environmental Protection Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lenett and Jones
- Entitled
- Real Property - Foreclosure of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on Residential Property - Notice to Occupants
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
SB 872
Status as of February 13, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Election Law - Candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court - Filing Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Inmates - In Banc Review of Sentences - Parole Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- Orphans' Court - Minors - Guardianship of Person
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Kelley, Raskin, Currie, Forehand, Gladden, Harrington, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Workplace Fraud Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Concurrent Court Jurisdiction - Second or Subsequent Offense of Failure to Register with Sex Offender Registry
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Harrington, and Lenett
- Entitled
- Standing - Miscellaneous Environmental Protection Proceedings and Judicial Review
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
