File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1436
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Haines
- Entitled:
-
Supersedeas Bonds - Limitation on Amount
Prohibiting the total amount of a supersedeas bond required of an
appellant to stay enforcement, pending appeal, of a judgment entered
in favor of a plaintiff in a civil action from exceeding $200,000,000,
regardless of the amount of the judgment; and providing an exception
if an appellee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that an
appellant is dissipating assets outside the ordinary course of
business to avoid payment of a judgment.
Senate Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (29-15)
- Special Order later today (Senator Ruben) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Ruben) Rejected (15-30)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/31
- Third Reading Passed (29-16)
House Action
- 3/31
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 4/8
- Re-referred Judiciary
- Hearing 4/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/10
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- BONDS -see also- COUNTY & BALTIMORE CITY BONDS; STATE BONDS.
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- JUDGMENTS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
12-301.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 373922/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 30, 2004 at:
5:48 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 558072/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 30, 2004 at:
Noon Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 30, 2004: Favorable with Amendments Adopted (29-15)
- March 30, 2004: Floor Amendment (Ruben) {373922/1 Rejected (15-30)
- March 31, 2004: Third Reading Passed (29-16)
