Judges

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 47

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  HB 18

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 548

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Bobo, Montgomery, Ali, Barve, Boteler, Bronrott, Cardin, Doory, Feldman, George, Gilchrist, Haynes, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, N. King, Kirk, Krebs, Lawton, Lee, Levi, Manno, McKee, Murphy, Olszewski, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Rice, Ross, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker

  Entitled

  Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verifiable Paper Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 48

  Status as of February 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Aumann, Barve, Frank, Minnick, Oaks, Shank, and Stein

  Entitled

  Circuit Courts - Medical Injury - Medical Malpractice Administrative Review Board

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 58

  Status as of February 19, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Maryland Judiciary)

  Entitled

  Judgeships - Circuit and District Courts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 77

  Status as of February 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Cardin

  Entitled

  Orphans' Court Judge - Degree of Juris Doctor or Its Equivalent

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 181

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 224

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell, Aumann, Boteler, Burns, Cardin, Frank, Impallaria, Jennings, Jones, Kach, Lafferty, Malone, McDonough, Morhaim, Olszewski, Stein, and Weir

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Election Law - Compensation for Election Judges

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 189

  Status as of April 6, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Rosenberg

  Entitled

  State Employee Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Judges' Retirement System - Eligibility - Surviving Spouse or Dependent Child

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 207

  Status as of March 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel, Dwyer, George, Jennings, Jones, McComas, McDonough, Myers, Riley, Shank, and Sossi

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Cameras in the Courtroom - Criminal Sentencing Hearings

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 282

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 290

  Status as of February 19, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Cardin, Barve, James, Niemann, and Shewell

  Entitled

  Election Law - Circuit Court Judges - Retention Elections

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 309

  Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Bronrott, Haynes, Ivey, Rice, Ross, and F. Turner

  Entitled

  Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2007

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 314

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 177

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Benson, Doory, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Kullen, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Maryland Human Relations Commission - Hearings and Civil Actions - Relief

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 337

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Smigiel

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Posting of Bond Without Appearance of Defendant

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 366

  Status as of March 24, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bohanan

  Entitled

  Election Administration and the Recruitment and Retention of Election Judges

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 459

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 605

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)

  Entitled

  District Court - Citations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 542

  Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Ross, Bohanan, Barve, Cardin, Gilchrist, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, N. King, McKee, Olszewski, Stukes, and Walker

  Entitled

  Elections - Election Judges Training Pilot Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 630

  Status as of March 28, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Bohanan

  Entitled

  Judges' Retirement System - Employment on Faculty of Public Institution of Higher Education

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 637

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 617

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Election Law - Compensation for Election Judges - Prince George's County PG 404-07

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 706

  Status as of March 12, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Myers, Bates, Beitzel, Kelly, McKee, Shank, and Stull

  Entitled

  Election Law - Identification of Voters

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 733

  Status as of March 5, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Cardin, and N. King

  Entitled

  Elections - Election Judges - Shifts at Polling Places on Election Day

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 779

  Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shank and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Medical Malpractice - Medical Liability Division Task Force

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1129

  Status as of March 16, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Queen Anne's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Queen Anne's County - Estates and Trusts - Orphans' Court Judges

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1134

  Status as of April 5, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Conaway

  Entitled

  Marriage - Performance of Ceremony - Retired Clerk of Court

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1204

  Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Ross (By Request)

  Entitled

  Election Law - Maryland Student Voting Rights Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1227

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 462

  Sponsored By

  Carroll County Delegation

  Entitled

  Carroll County - Pretrial and Work Release Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1317

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 647

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Anderson, Cane, Glenn, Gutierrez, Harrison, Hucker, McIntosh, Ramirez, Simmons, and Vallario

  Entitled

  Mandatory Minimum Sentences - Burglary and Daytime Housebreaking - Retroactive Effect

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1325

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 648

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Barnes, Benson, DeBoy, Eckardt, Elmore, Frush, Glassman, Haddaway, Holmes, Hubbard, Impallaria, James, Jennings, Levi, McComas, McDonough, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Riley, Ross, Rudolph, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stifler, Valderrama, Vallario, Vaughn, and Walkup

  Entitled

  Juvenile Law - Truancy Reduction Pilot Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1363

  Status as of March 22, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Frush

  Entitled

  Circuit Court Judges - Election and Term of Office

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 45

  Status as of March 6, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  State Employee Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Judges' Retirement System - Eligibility - Surviving Spouse or Dependent Child

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 46

  Status as of April 6, 2007: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dyson, Kittleman, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Election of Circuit Court Judges - Nonpartisan Elections

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 60

  Status as of January 24, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  The President (By Request - Maryland Judiciary)

  Entitled

  Judgeships - Circuit and District Courts

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 78

  Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Election Law - Election Judges - Hiring on a Nonpartisan Basis

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 113

  Status as of January 31, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Britt, Muse, Peters, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Juvenile Law - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program in Prince George's County PG 303-07

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 209

  Status as of January 31, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Circuit Court - Jury Staff

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 255

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 539

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 364

  Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Dyson

  Entitled

  Election Law - Miscellaneous Technical and Clarifying Corrections

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 376

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Election Law - Compensation for Election Judges

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 386

  Status as of February 7, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Gladden, Conway, Dyson, and Exum

  Entitled

  Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2007

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 508

  Status as of March 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Circuit Courts - Medical Liability Division

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 515

  Status as of May 8, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 334

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kramer (Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions)

  Entitled

  State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Simplification

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 587

  Status as of May 17, 2007: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)

  Entitled

  District Court - Citations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 597

  Status as of February 14, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kittleman, Greenip, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Munson, Simonaire, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 678

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 176

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Britt, Della, Frosh, Gladden, Pinsky, and Conway

  Entitled

  Maryland Human Relations Commission - Hearings and Civil Actions - Relief

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Health and Government Operations

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  SB 685

  Status as of April 24, 2007: Became Law - Chapter 178

  Sponsored By

  Cecil County Senators

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Posting of Bond Without Appearance of Defendant

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 726

  Status as of February 19, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Rosapepe, Britt, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Jones, Lenett, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, and Zirkin

  Entitled

  Election Law - Maryland Student Voting Rights Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 825

  Status as of March 23, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Pipkin

  Entitled

  Queen Anne's County - Orphans' Court Judges - Powers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 880

  Status as of February 21, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Marriage - Performance of Ceremony - Retired Clerk of Court

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Senate Rules
  

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  SB 914

  Status as of March 29, 2007: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Orphans' Court Judge - Degree of Juris Doctor or Its Equivalent

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings