Maryland Senate Bill 374 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: Passed on May 12 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Prohibiting specified actions constituting false claims against a governmental entity; providing specified penalties for making false claims; requiring the court to consider and give special attention to specified factors in determining the amount of fines and penalties to be levied under the Act; authorizing a person and the governmental entity to file a civil action against a person that makes a specified false claim under specified circumstances; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc.

Maryland False Claims Act

Sen. Thomas Miller [D]	Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. James Brochin [D]
Sen. Joan Conway [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Lisa Gladden [D]	Sen. Michael Hough [R]
Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]
Sen. Nathaniel McFadden [D]	Sen. Karen Montgomery [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]
Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]

2015-04-02 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (89-51) (Y: 89 N: 51 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-03-21 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-1) (Y: 46 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-12	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165
2015-04-09	Senate	Returned Passed
2015-04-08	House	Third Reading Passed (89-51)
2015-04-03	House	Second Reading Passed
2015-04-03	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2015-04-03	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2015-04-01	House	Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-03-25	House	First Reading Judiciary
2015-03-24	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-1)
2015-03-20	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2015-03-20	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Hershey) {953124/1 Adopted
2015-03-19	Senate	Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2015-03-19	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Hershey) {953124/1
2015-03-19	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
2015-03-17	Senate	Special Order until 3/19 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2015-03-17	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2015-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {678671/1
2015-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2015-02-25	Senate	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-06	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0374?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0374f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/sb/sb0374t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/Chapters_noln/CH_165_sb0374t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0374_67867101.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0374_95312401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0374.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/sb0374_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/sb0374_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0374,s-0530&stab=02&ys=2015RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0374,h-0825&stab=02&ys=2015RS