CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
File Code: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 257/97 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Dembrow, Palumbo, Genn, Menes, R. Baker, Conroy, M.
Burns, Turner, and Bissett
- Entitled:
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Courts of Appeals - Name Change
Changing the name of the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of
Maryland; changing the name of the Court of Special Appeals to the
Maryland Appellate Court; making these changes take effect on January
1, 2000; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the
State of Maryland in November 1998.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/28
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/10
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Third Reading Failed (78-57)
- Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Delegate Vallario)
- Special Order 3/12 (Delegate Vallario) Adopted (81-51)
- 3/12
- Motion Reconsider Third Reading Failed (Delegate Vallario) Adopted (87-46)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (90-42)
Senate Action
- 3/13
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/1
- Hearing 4/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
- Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
- Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30
- Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32
- Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
- Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
- COURT OF APPEALS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS
- NAMES -see also- PROPER NAMES
- REFERENDUM
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - V Attorney-General and State's Attorneys
- (
6
)
- Article - II Executive Department
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6
)
- Article - IV Judiciary Department
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1 ,
3 ,
3A ,
4B ,
5A ,
10 ,
14 ,
15 ,
16 ,
17 ,
18 ,
22 ,
41E
)
- Article - III Legislative Department
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5 ,
30 ,
52
)
- Article - XVII Quadrennial Elections
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3
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 841792/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 6, 1998 at:
11:21 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 10, 1998: Third Reading Failed (78-57)
- March 10, 1998: Motion Special Order until 3/12 (Vallario) Adopted (81-51)
- March 12, 1998: Motion Reconsider Third Reading Failed (Vallario) Adopted (87-46)
- March 12, 1998: Third Reading Passed (90-42)
