Maryland House Bill 130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on January 17 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-02-18 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a court to award a prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in specified civil actions; requiring a court to consider specified factors in determining whether to make an award to a prevailing plaintiff; authorizing a court to award attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant only on a finding that the action was frivolous; establishing the method of calculating an award of attorney's fees under the Act or any other State statute authorizing an award of reasonable attorney's fees; etc.

Civil Actions - Award of Attorney's Fees and Expenses

House Judiciary Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-18	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2013-02-06	House	Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-01-17	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0130?ys=2013rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/hb/hb0130f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/fnotes/bil_0000/hb0130.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/votes_comm/hb0130_jud.pdf