Maryland House Bill 283 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 20 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-23 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Authorizing a court to award to a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in specified actions seeking to remedy a violation of a Maryland constitutional right; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses to a prevailing defendant under specified circumstances; establishing that specified limits on attorney's fees under the Maryland Tort Claims Act do not apply to a specified award of attorney's fees and expenses; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc.

Award of Attorney's Fees and Expenses - Violation of Maryland Constitutional Right

Sen. Jill Carter [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. Curtis Anderson [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]

2015-03-19 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (87-50) (Y: 87 N: 50 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-23	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2015-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (87-50)
2015-03-19	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2015-03-18	House	Special Order until 3/19 (Delegate Vogt) Adopted
2015-03-18	House	Favorable with Amendments {992613/1 Report Adopted
2015-03-18	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2015-02-18	House	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-04	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0283?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0283f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0283t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0283_99261301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb0283.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/hb0283_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0283,h-0450&stab=02&ys=2015RS