Maryland Senate Bill 528 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-20 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals information related to a public hazard; providing that confidentiality provisions that conceal information related to a public hazard are unenforceable; providing that a substantially affected person, including news media, has standing to contest an order, a judgment, an agreement, or a contract that violates the Act; providing that a person with standing may bring an action for declaratory judgment to contest a violation of the Act; etc.

Courts - Concealment of Public Hazards (Sunshine in Litigation Act)

Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]
Sen. Jim Mathias [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]	Sen. Barbara Robinson [D]
Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-20	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
2017-02-14	Senate	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-01	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0528?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0528f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0528.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0528_jpr.pdf