2010 Regular Session
Circuit Courts
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 60
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Ramirez, Vallario, Barnes, Levi, and Walker
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Violation by Child Sexual Offender of Pretrial or Posttrial Release No Contact Order ("Alexis's Law")
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee and Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller)
- Entitled
- Other Tobacco Products Licenses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters and Ways and Means
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Rosenberg, Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Conaway, Frush, Gutierrez, Ivey, Jones, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Oaks, Simmons, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Civil Cases - Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, and Dumais
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Notice of Filing and Hearing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, Aumann, Barnes, Dumais, Frank, Lafferty, Oaks, and Ramirez
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Motor Vehicle Theft and Unauthorized Use - Suspension of Driving Privileges
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schuler, Anderson, Barnes, Cardin, Carter, Conaway, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Simmons, Smigiel, Stein, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Courts - County Administrative Judge - Responsibilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Barve, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Mizeur, Olszewski, Rice, Ross, Stukes, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Fairness in Negotiations Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Finance
HB 266
Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg and Cardin
- Entitled
- Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: 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
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Entertainment Permit PG 315-10
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
HB 607
Status as of March 2, 2010: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Love, Costa, Dwyer, King, Kipke, and Schuh
- Entitled
- Public Health - Sale of Baked Goods - Private Home Kitchens
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons and Dumais, and Delegates Dwyer, Kipke, Kramer, Schuh, Sophocleus, Barkley, Barve, Beidle, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, G. Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Doory, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, James, Jameson, Jones, Kaiser, Kullen, Lee, Love, Malone, Manno, Mathias, McHale, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Olszewski, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Rudolph, Shewell, Stocksdale, Taylor, F. Turner, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law)
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jameson, G. Clagett, Barkley, Bates, Beitzel, Bohanan, Bronrott, Conway, DeBoy, Donoghue, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Gilchrist, Guzzone, Haddaway, Hecht, Jenkins, Kach, Kelly, King, Kramer, Kullen, Levy, Love, Miller, Murphy, Myers, Rudolph, Serafini, Sossi, Stull, Wood, Norman, Frank, Harrison, McComas, Riley, Shewell, Stifler, and Stukes
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Traffic Citations - Option to Request Trial
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway, Eckardt, and Sossi
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Caroline County and Talbot County
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson and Dumais (By Request)
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Newly Discovered Evidence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bates, Frank, Jenkins, Schuh, Serafini, and Sossi
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Land Records Employees - Salaries and Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montgomery
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Relocation of Charitable Trust Administration Outside of State - Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conaway and Anderson
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Repeat Violent Offender
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lafferty, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Jenkins, Kach, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- State Government - Disclosure of Personal Information on Websites - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett, Barkley, Bohanan, Bronrott, DeBoy, Donoghue, Guzzone, Jones, Proctor, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Braveboy, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Benson, Bobo, Burns, Carr, Davis, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Haynes, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kirk, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Levi, Malone, Manno, McHale, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Ross, Schuler, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Walker
- Entitled
- Prevailing Wage Rates - Public Works Contracts - Suits by Employees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Holmes, Ali, Healey, and Niemann
- Entitled
- Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Resident and Park Owner Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Burns, Aumann, Cardin, Frank, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Lafferty, McDonough, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, Schuler, Stein, and Weir
- Entitled
- Baltimore County - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Glenn, Anderson, Conaway, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Circuit Court for Baltimore City - Jury Duty - Parking
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Manno, Davis, Barkley, Braveboy, Burns, Feldman, Hecht, Hubbard, Hucker, Kirk, Krysiak, Love, McHale, Taylor, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Labor and Employment - The Healthy Retail Employee Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway and Mathias
- Entitled
- Worcester County - Real Property - Recording
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Glenn, Anderson, Conaway, Rosenberg, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Baltimore City Circuit Court - Correspondence Relating to Jury Service
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cardin
- Entitled
- Circuit Court Judges - Election, Qualifications, and Term of Office
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1388
Status as of March 9, 2010: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Glenn
- Entitled
- Maryland Medical Marijuana Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Eastern Shore Delegation
- Entitled
- Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson and Glenn
- Entitled
- Courts - Jury Selection - Clerk of Circuit Court
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Braveboy, Anderson, Benson, Burns, Cane, Carter, Conaway, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Holmes, Ivey, Kirk, Levi, McIntosh, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Robinson, Stukes, Tarrant, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Walker
- Entitled
- Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Holmes, and Levi
- Entitled
- Courts - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Notice of Filing and Hearing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund - Funding
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Brochin, Forehand, Gladden, Haines, Muse, Raskin, and Stone
- Entitled
- Civil Cases - Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, King, and Madaleno
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Disposition of Traffic Citations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Edwards
- Entitled
- Maryland Dormant Mineral Interests Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Worcester County - Real Property - Recording
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley and Simonaire and Senators Astle, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Exum, Forehand, Garagiola, Haines, Harrington, Jacobs, Jones, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Peters, Pipkin, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Loretta's Law)
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
SB 398
Status as of March 19, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Gladden, Kelley, and Muse
- Entitled
- Courts - County Administrative Judge - Responsibilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, DeGrange, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, Peters, Robey, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Sexually Violent Offender in Need of Commitment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, King, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Prevailing Wage Rates - Public Works Contracts - Suits by Employees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, Raskin, Colburn, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Seizure and Forfeiture - Property Used in Human Trafficking
- 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
- Senators Forehand, King, Madaleno, Frosh, Gladden, Brochin, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, Muse, Raskin, Simonaire, and Stone
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Traffic Citations - Option to Request Trial
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Middleton, Conway, Exum, Frosh, Garagiola, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Fairness in Negotiations Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Forehand, Glassman, Haines, Harris, Kelley, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, Muse, Pipkin, Raskin, Reilly, Robey, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Violation of Pretrial or Posttrial Release No Contact Order - Expedited Hearing ("Alexis's Law")
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Colburn, Currie, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Mooney, Muse, Raskin, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone
- Entitled
- Courts - Veterans' Treatment Court Pilot Program - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Colburn
- Entitled
- Juvenile Law - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Caroline County and Talbot County
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Brochin, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, and Stone
- Entitled
- Labor and Employment - The Healthy Retail Employee Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Edwards, and Robey
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Land Records Employees - Salaries and Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Departmental - Office of the Attorney General) and Senators Astle, Conway, DeGrange, Forehand, Garagiola, Harrington, Kelley, King, Lenett, Miller, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Circuit Court Judges - Election, Qualifications, and Term of Office
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Raskin
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Newly Discovered Evidence
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Currie, and Miller
- Entitled
- Judgeships - Circuit Courts and District Court - Creation in Areas of Greatest Certified Need
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Munson, Astle, Edwards, Exum, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Robey
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Pipkin
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Balancing Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn, Jacobs, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Sexual Offenders Omnibus Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jones
- Entitled
- Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
