File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 70/02 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Menes,
Mitchell, Hutchins, O'Donnell, and Wood
- Entitled:
-
District Court - Small Claim Actions
Altering the minimum amount in controversy in civil cases over which
the District Court of Maryland and the circuit courts have concurrent
jurisdiction; altering the amount of a small claim action in the
District Court; altering the amount in controversy in a civil action
in the District Court in which formal pleadings are prohibited;
altering the minimum amount in controversy in civil cases in which
appeals from the District Court are required to be heard on the
record; providing for the application of the Act; etc.
House Action
- 1/10
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/15
- Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 2/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/14
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 3/31
- Returned Passed
- 5/22
- Governor vetoed - Duplicative
Senate Action
- 2/18
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/2
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/31
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins, District 28
- Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
- Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
- Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- CIRCUIT COURTS
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- DISTRICT COURTS
- JURISDICTION
- SMALL CLAIMS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
4-402 ,
4-405 ,
6-403 ,
12-401
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 742716/01 (PDF) Offered on: February 11, 2003 at:
10:20 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 14, 2003: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Senate
- April 1, 2003: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
