Maryland Senate Bill 666 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-13 - Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 82
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to change the name of the Court of Appeals to be the Supreme Court of Maryland, to change the name of the Court of Special Appeals to be the Appellate Court of Maryland, to change the name of a Judge of the Court of Appeals to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, and to change the name of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.

Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming

Sen. Douglas Peters [D]

2021-04-10 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 124 N: 12 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-03-26 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 38 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-13	Senate	Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 82
2021-04-12	Senate	Returned Passed
2021-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (124-12)
2021-04-08	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2021-04-08	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2021-04-06	House	Rereferred to Judiciary
2021-03-29	House	Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2021-03-26	Senate	Third Reading Passed (38-7)
2021-03-25	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2021-03-25	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2021-03-24	Senate	Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2021-02-09	Senate	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-02-09	Senate	Hearing canceled
2021-02-04	Senate	Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
2021-02-03	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB885 (Crossfiled) 2021-04-13 - Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 83
SB393 (Carry Over) 2020-03-13 - Referred Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
XVII - Quadrennial Elections	3		(n/a)	See Bill Text
II - Executive Department	6		(n/a)	See Bill Text
III - Legislative Department	30		(n/a)	See Bill Text
III - Legislative Department	5		(n/a)	See Bill Text
III - Legislative Department	52		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	1		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	10		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	14		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	15		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	16		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	17		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	18		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	22		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	3		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	3A		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	41E		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	4B		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	5A		(n/a)	See Bill Text
V - Attorney-General and State's Attorneys	6		(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0666?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0666f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0666t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_82_sb0666t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0666_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0666_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0709.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/House/1351.pdf