Circuit Courts

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 52

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  HB 15

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Glenn

  Entitled

  Medical Marijuana - Caregiver - Affirmative Defense

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
  

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  HB 35

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel, Cluster, Eckardt, Hough, Kach, Krebs, McComas, McDermott, Schulz, and Vitale

  Entitled

  Private Property Rights - Regulatory Infringement - Compensation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 112

  Status as of January 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McDermott

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Public Defender - Representation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 159

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Report

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Afzali, Barkley, Clagett, Elliott, Feldman, Gaines, Glass, Hershey, Hogan, Ivey, Jacobs, A. Kelly, Krebs, Luedtke, McComas, McDermott, McHale, A. Miller, Myers, Niemann, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Ross, Schulz, Sophocleus, Walker, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Maryland Standard of Identity for Honey

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 161

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Anne Arundel County Delegation

  Entitled

  Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County - Fees for Appearance of Counsel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 186

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 358

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment)

  Entitled

  Department of the Environment - Permit Proceedings - Judicial Review

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 199

  Status as of March 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Courts - Sentence Review - Review Panel

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 261

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 505

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Vallario, McDermott, Anderson, Dumais, Glenn, K. Kelly, Simmons, Smigiel, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Citations and Appearances

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 314

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Cardin, Kipke, Walker, Howard, Luedtke, F. Turner, Stukes, A. Miller, and Hixson

  Entitled

  Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 337

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Norman, Alston, Barnes, Braveboy, Cardin, Clippinger, Dumais, Feldman, James, K. Kelly, Lafferty, McComas, Mitchell, Niemann, Reznik, Rosenberg, Simmons, Smigiel, Stein, Valentino-Smith, Vallario, Vitale, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Courts - Discovery - Examination in Aid of Enforcement of Money Judgment

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 402

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 370

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Beitzel

  Entitled

  Land Records - Dormant Mineral Interests and Natural Gas and Oil Leases - Court Order and Recordation Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 453

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Niemann

  Entitled

  Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund - Court Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 485

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Simmons

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Custody - Interim Custody or Visitation Order

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 492

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates K. Kelly, Anderson, Cluster, Dumais, Hough, Mitchell, Parrott, Simmons, and Valentino-Smith

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Bail Bonds - Cash Bail

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 509

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 666

  Sponsored By

  Delegates K. Kelly, Beitzel, Clippinger, Cluster, Dumais, Hough, McConkey, Myers, Parrott, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson

  Entitled

  Public Health - Inmates - HIV Testing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 517

  Status as of March 8, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Niemann

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Bail Bonds - Use of Real Property as Security

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 576

  Status as of March 29, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Arora, Bohanan, Clagett, Gaines, Griffith, Healey, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, James, Jones, Lafferty, Lee, Love, A. Miller, Niemann, Proctor, Ross, Rudolph, Summers, Washington, Beidle, Glenn, Guzzone, Tarrant, Walker, B. Robinson, Mizeur, and Zucker

  Entitled

  Public-Private Partnerships

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters and Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 824

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 681

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Hammen (Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Appointment and Term of Chair

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  HB 873

  Status as of March 21, 2012: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Costa, Cullison, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and V. Turner

  Entitled

  Assisted Reproduction Agreements - Court Approval, Notice, and Required Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 888

  Status as of February 27, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation

  Entitled

  Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Residential Rental Property - Delinquency - Receiver PG/MC 105-12

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 892

  Status as of February 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Prince George's County - Qualifying Municipal Corporations - Land Use Decisions PG 411-12

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 915

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jacobs, Afzali, Cluster, Eckardt, Frank, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, McDermott, Norman, Otto, Smigiel, Summers, and Weir

  Entitled

  Commercial Fishing and Seafood Operations - Nuisance Actions - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 954

  Status as of March 22, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kipke, Afzali, Boteler, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Kach, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, Norman, Ready, Schulz, Stocksdale, and Szeliga

  Entitled

  Health Care Decisions Act - Petitions by Surrogates - Court Actions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 963

  Status as of March 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dumais

  Entitled

  Estates and Trusts - Appeal from Orphans' Court and Jurisdiction of Circuit Court

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1031

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 410

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Alston and Vallario

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Right of Appeal from Final Judgments - Conditional Guilty Plea

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1122

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 416

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Valderrama, Anderson, Lee, F. Turner, and Valentino-Smith

  Entitled

  Juveniles - Confinement in Juvenile Facilities - Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1191

  Status as of March 13, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Niemann, Burns, and Love

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Credit Counseling and Legal Assistance Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1206

  Status as of March 12, 2012: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Wilson

  Entitled

  Charles County - Nuisance Actions - Community Associations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1224

  Status as of February 16, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kramer, Arora, Barkley, Carr, Cullison, Dumais, Hucker, A. Kelly, Reznik, B. Robinson, Simmons, Stein, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Public Health Nuisance - Tobacco Smoke in Multidwelling Units - Abatement and Enforcement Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 1428

  Status as of March 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Barnes (By Request) and Delegates Frush and Pena-Melnyk

  Entitled

  Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction - Robbery

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HB 1460

  Status as of March 20, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conway, Branch, Cluster, and McDermott

  Entitled

  Court Costs - Criminal Cases - Funding for Law Enforcement

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1475

  Status as of March 16, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clippinger

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Search Warrants - Application and Affidavit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
  

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  HJ 4

  Status as of January 26, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (By Request - Judicial Compensation Commission)

  Entitled

  Judicial Compensation Commission - Recommendations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  SB 122

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)

  Entitled

  Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Crime Victims and Witnesses Funds - Court Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 193

  Status as of May 2, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 189

  Sponsored By

  Senators Young, Colburn, Forehand, Madaleno, Middleton, and Montgomery

  Entitled

  Agriculture - Maryland Standard of Identity for Honey

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 198

  Status as of April 6, 2012: Bill is in the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Anne Arundel County Senators

  Entitled

  Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County - Fees for Appearance of Counsel

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 211

  Status as of January 24, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Courts - Sentence Review - Review Panel

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 348

  Status as of February 1, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Voter's Rights Protection Act of 2012

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 422

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Chapter 504

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh and Colburn

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Criminal Defendants - Citations and Appearances

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 472

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Edwards

  Entitled

  Environment - Dormant Mineral Interests - Termination by Court Order Requirements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs and Judicial Proceedings
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 481

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Zirkin

  Entitled

  Family Law - Child Custody - Interim Custody or Visitation Order

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 508

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Kelley

  Entitled

  Assisted Reproduction Agreements - Court Approval, Notice, and Required Records

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 629

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senator Conway (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)

  Entitled

  State Board of Physicians - Appointment and Term of Chair

  Committee
  Assignments

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

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  SB 645

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ramirez, Muse, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund - Court Costs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 706

  Status as of February 8, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin and Colburn

  Entitled

  Commercial Fishing and Seafood Operations - Nuisance Actions - Exemption

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 761

  Status as of April 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Juveniles - Confinement in Juvenile Facilities - Report

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: House Rules and Executive Nominations

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  SB 819

  Status as of March 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank

  Entitled

  Private Property Rights - Regulatory Infringement - Compensation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 831

  Status as of March 15, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senators Ramirez, Frosh, Forehand, and Gladden

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Credit Counseling and Legal Assistance Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 925

  Status as of April 5, 2012: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Right of Appeal from Final Judgments - Conditional Guilty Plea

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 999

  Status as of April 9, 2012: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Senator Muse

  Entitled

  Labor and Employment - Abusive Work Environments in State Agencies - Workgroup Study

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Appropriations

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  SB 1055

  Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Zirkin and Stone

  Entitled

  Court Costs - Criminal Cases - Funding for Law Enforcement

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation
  

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  SJ 3

  Status as of May 22, 2012: Became Law - Joint Resolution 5

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Judicial Compensation Commission)

  Entitled

  Judicial Compensation Commission - Recommendations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings
  House: Appropriations