Maryland Senate Bill 511 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 29 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-05 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a party to a civil action who is entitled to protections under the federal Service Members Civil Relief Act due to the party's active duty status to petition the court to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by certain electronic means; requiring a tribunal of the State to cooperate with other tribunals or the appropriate military representative in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony under the Act; providing for the application of the Act; etc.

Civil Actions – Active Duty Service Members – Electronic Deposition and Testimony

Sen. Stephen Waugh [R]	Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Gail Bates [R]	Sen. Ulysses Currie [D]
Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]	Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]
Sen. Jim Mathias [D]	Sen. Douglas Peters [D]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]
Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-05	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2018-02-15	Senate	Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-01-29	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0511?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0511f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0511.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/sb0511_jpr.pdf