CHAPTER NUMBER: 478
File Code: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 25
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Vallario, Pitkin, Palumbo, Montague, and T. Murphy
- Entitled:
-
Lawyers - Solicitation of Clients - Requirements
Prohibiting a lawyer, or a lawyer's agent or employee, from sending
specified forms of communication to certain persons unless the
communication is identified as an advertisement in a specified manner;
establishing certain other requirements for certain communications
soliciting clients; requiring a person who sends certain
communications to file a copy of the communication and certain
information with the Bar Counsel; providing for certain penalties;
etc.
House Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/27
- Third Reading Passed (133-1)
- 4/4
- Return Passed
- 5/12
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 478
Senate Action
- 3/30
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/6
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/7
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/8
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
- Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A
- Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADVERTISING -see also- LABELING; SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
- ATTORNEYS -see also- LEGAL AID; STATE'S ATTORNEYS
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- PENALTIES
- SOLICITATION
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Business Occupations and Professions
- (
10-605.2 ,
10-606
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 841795/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1998 at:
4:43 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 27, 1998: Third Reading Passed (133-1)
- Senate
- April 8, 1998: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
