Maryland Senate Bill 1042 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-21 - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a court to award to a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in certain actions seeking to remedy a violation of a certain provision of the Maryland Constitution or the Maryland Declaration of Rights; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses to a prevailing defendant under certain circumstances; providing that the combined total of certain damages and certain attorney's fees and expenses awarded may not exceed certain limits on liability; etc.

Access to Maryland Courts Act

Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]
Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-21	Senate	Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-02-05	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB1042?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1042f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0002/sb1042.pdf