DAMAGES

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 46

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  HB 8

  Status as of May 12, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Taylor, Vallario, Arnick, Busch, Dewberry, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Hurson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, and Wood

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 56

  Status as of March 2, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Owings (By Request)

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Unsolicited Electronic Mail Advertisements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 162

  Status as of March 24, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Mitchell, Donoghue, McClenahan, Leopold, Love, and Krysiak

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Uninsured Motorists - Waiver of Right to Noneconomic Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 186

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Petzold, Benson, Bobo, D. Davis, Hubbard, Mandel, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, and Turner

  Entitled

  Maryland Human Relations Commission - Hearings - Relief

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 214

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 399

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Doory , Dembrow, Montague, Arnick, Pitkin, Snodgrass, Klausmeier, Ports, and Redmer

  Entitled

  Damages for Injury to or Death of Pet

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 217

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate K. Kelly

  Entitled

  Local Government Tort Claims - Indemnification of Law Enforcement Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 244

  Status as of March 26, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Doory and Vallario

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Liability of Insurer for Damages, Costs, and Expenses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 272

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pitkin, Conroy, Hubbard, Brown, McClenahan, Moe, Patterson, Hill, Krysiak, Love, Pendergrass, Barve, and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Travel Agents - Bonding Requirement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 323

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Menes and Vallario

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicles - Drunk Driving - Punitive Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 439

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Baldwin

  Entitled

  Vehicle Laws - Seat Belt Use - Determination of Damages in Civil Actions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 551

  Status as of March 22, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague and Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Maryland Comparative Negligence Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 561

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Arnick, Pitkin, and Snodgrass

  Entitled

  Damages for Injury to or Death of Pet Animal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 573

  Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the House - Recommit to Committee Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Barve

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Unsolicited Electronic Mail Advertisements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 608

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 435

  Sponsored By

  Montgomery County and Prince George's County Delegations

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary District - Water Main Breaks - Payment for Property Damage MC/PG 2-99

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 610

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow and Montague

  Entitled

  Volunteer Health Care Providers and Physicians - Charitable Organizations - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 750

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Vallario, Griffith, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Courts - Settlements and Releases - Limited Prohibitions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 793

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McHale

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Exclusivity of Compensation - Exception - Principal Contractor or Subcontractor

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 833

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Elliott

  Entitled

  Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Liability of Insurer for Costs and Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 856

  Status as of March 23, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Billings, Grosfeld, Bobo, Cane, Dypski, Frush, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, K. Kelly, McIntosh, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, Patterson, Pendergrass, Pitkin, Stern, and Turner

  Entitled

  Carriers and Managed Care Entities - Health Care Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 901

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 534

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Montague, Amedori, Rosenberg, K. Kelly, Griffith, Vallario, and Boschert

  Entitled

  Immunity - State and Local Governments - Year 2000 Litigation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 903

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Southern Maryland Delegation

  Entitled

  Tobacco Settlement Moneys - Appropriation to Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1032

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 681

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hurson

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Minimum Benefits of Security - Maximum Amounts Payable from MAIF - Property Damage Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1060

  Status as of March 30, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hurson

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Limitation on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Occupational Exposure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1077

  Status as of March 15, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Klausmeier, Ports, and Redmer

  Entitled

  Courts - Damages for Tortious Injuries to Pets

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1100

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 685

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Fulton

  Entitled

  Wrongful Death - Intestate Succession - Parent Not Entitled to Damages or Distribution

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1156

  Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Shriver

  Entitled

  Natural Resources - Public Recreation on Private and Public Land - Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1171

  Status as of April 1, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow and Montague

  Entitled

  Courts - Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Senate Rules

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  SB 53

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 137

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  Home Improvement Guaranty Fund - Claims

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 140

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Hollinger, Kelley, and Lawlah

  Entitled

  Maryland Human Relations Commission - Hearings - Relief

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 178

  Status as of April 8, 1999: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Munson and Mooney

  Entitled

  Volunteer Health Care Providers and Physicians - Immunity - Insurance Coverage

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 194

  Status as of April 6, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Failed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Haines, Jimeno, Stone, DeGrange, Dyson, Hooper, Harris, Mooney, Ferguson, Madden, Stoltzfus, Collins, Colburn, Hogan, McCabe, Jacobs, Hafer, Munson, and Roesser

  Entitled

  Partial-Birth Abortions - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 232

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 533

  Sponsored By

  Senators Hogan, Green, Middleton, Blount, Astle, Colburn, Collins, Hoffman, DeGrange, Dorman, Ferguson, Jacobs, Lawlah, Ruben, McFadden, Munson, Neall, Roesser, Mooney, Currie, Hafer, Hooper, and Dyson

  Entitled

  Immunity - State and Local Governments - Year 2000 Litigation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 244

  Status as of May 13, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 331

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Jimeno, Exum, Kelley, Hooper, Della, Conway, Astle, Dyson, Frosh, Forehand, and Stone

  Entitled

  Fraud - Personal Identifying Information Theft

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 261

  Status as of March 25, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green and Hollinger

  Entitled

  Managed Care Entities - Health Care Treatment Decisions - Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 288

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Vetoed

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Green, and Ferguson

  Entitled

  Damages for Injury to or Death of Pet

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 334

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 172

  Sponsored By

  Senator Green

  Entitled

  Cigarette Restitution Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 380

  Status as of April 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 177

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jimeno

  Entitled

  Local Government Tort Claims - Indemnification of Law Enforcement Officers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 431

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 564

  Sponsored By

  Senators Miller, Astle, Forehand, Harris, Collins, Roesser, Hollinger, Currie, Bromwell, and Green

  Entitled

  Volunteer Health Care Providers and Physicians - Charitable Organizations - Definition

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 485

  Status as of March 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Exum

  Entitled

  Workers' Compensation - Exclusivity of Compensation - Exception - Principal Contractor or Subcontractor

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 496

  Status as of March 8, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Roesser

  Entitled

  Telephone Solicitations - Regulations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 554

  Status as of March 31, 1999: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Colburn

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 604

  Status as of April 12, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hughes

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Year 2000 Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 622

  Status as of February 9, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Uninsured Motorists - Waiver of Right to Noneconomic Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 626

  Status as of February 10, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Limitation on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Substances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 685

  Status as of February 23, 1999: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Middleton and Dyson

  Entitled

  Tobacco Settlement Moneys - Appropriation to Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SJ 1

  Status as of May 27, 1999: Became Law - Chapter 1

  Sponsored By

  Senators Baker, Green, Hollinger, Hoffman, Currie, DeGrange, Hogan, Kasemeyer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Neall, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Van Hollen, Miller, Astle, Blount, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Conway, Della, Dorman, Dyson, Exum, Ferguson, Forehand, Frosh, Hafer, Haines, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kelley, Madden, Mitchell, Mooney, Pinsky, Roesser, Sfikas, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  State Tobacco Settlement Funds - Medicaid Recoupment

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Appropriations