File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Petzold, Anderson, Bronrott, Dumais, Dwyer, Kelly,
King, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, McMillan, Menes, Quinter, Rosenberg,
Sophocleus, and Zirkin
- Entitled:
-
Civil Liability - AMBER Alert Dissemination - Immunity for Media
and Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers
Exempting broadcasters, commercial mobile radio services, and their
agents, who in good faith broadcast or disseminate an AMBER alert
after receiving an AMBER alert notification from a law enforcement
agency, from civil liability for any damages arising from that
broadcast; providing for the construction of the Act; etc.
House Action
- 1/26
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/1
- Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 2/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/2
- Third Reading Passed (141-0)
Senate Action
- 3/3
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/22
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/10
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/8
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Donald H. Dwyer, Jr., District 31
- Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
- Delegate Herb McMillan, District 30
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ABDUCTION
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- NEWS MEDIA
- NOTICES
- RADIO
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -see also- TELEPHONES
- TELEVISION -see also- CABLE TELEVISION
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
5-642
)
- Public Safety
- (
1-301
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
- Number: 252810/01 (PDF) Offered on: February 28, 2006 at:
10:29 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 478377/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 2006 at:
9:14 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 2, 2006: Third Reading Passed (141-0)
Senate
- April 8, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
