| MD | HB1011 | Intro
25% | Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Deprivation of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB113 | Intro
25% | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB594 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting recovery by a certain plaintiff from being barred in a certain civil action due to the plaintiff's negligence, except under certain circumstances; requiring any damages awarded under the Act to be diminished in proportion to the amount of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB663 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a person to bring and maintain a civil action for defamation against another person who distributes a computer-generated visual representation that is indistinguishable from an actual visual representation of the person and falsely depict...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB670 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from knowingly sending by electronic means to another person an image or video depicting obscene material that the sender knows or reasonably should know is unsolicited; authorizing a person to bring an action against a person wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB818 | Intro
25% | 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 Maryland constitutional right; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB786 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from depriving an individual in a private detention facility of any right, privilege, or immunity secured or protected by the United States Constitution, the Maryland Constitution, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, or any state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB926 | Intro
25% | Altering the definition of "health care provider" to include employees, agents, or contractors of a hospital who are licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to render health care services in Maryland in provisions relating to health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB743 | Intro
25% | Limiting the liability of the Maryland Transit Administration as to a tort action to $400,000 to a single claimant for injuries arising from a single incident or occurrence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB579 | Intro
25% | Altering the definition of "local government" under the Local Government Tort Claims Act to include the Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc., in Washington County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB581 | Intro
25% | Increasing from $10,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of compensatory damages that may be awarded to an owner of a pet from a person who tortiously causes an injury to or death of the pet while acting individually or through an animal under the perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB584 | Intro
25% | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB681 | Intro
25% | Altering the definition of "health care provider" to include an employee, agent, or contractor of a hospital who is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to render health care services in Maryland in provisions relating to health c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB860 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting certain common carriers from damaging certain public infrastructure necessitating the closure of the infrastructure; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; authorizing the State or a local government to bring a civ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB428 | Intro
25% | Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; and prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB642 | Intro
25% | Altering a provision of law that makes unenforceable a provision of a contract or agreement limiting liability for injury caused by negligence or other wrongful acts to apply the unenforceability only to contracts or agreements relating to the use of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB549 | Intro
25% | Establishing an immunity from liability for a person who discloses information about allegations of sexually assaultive behavior if the person acts in good faith; establishing a presumption of good faith unless it is shown by clear and convincing evi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB756 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a petitioner to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring, to effectuate service of process for certain civil actions again...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB434 | Intro
25% | Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB487 | Intro
25% | Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB456 | Intro
25% | Establishing a certain statute of limitations in certain civil actions relating to child nonsexual abuse and neglect; establishing a limitation of $1,500,000 on noneconomic damages that may be awarded under the Act; providing that a certain party may...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 13 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB629 | Intro
25% | Establishing an immunity from liability for a person who discloses information about allegations of sexually assaultive behavior if the person acts in good faith; establishing a presumption of good faith unless it is shown by clear and convincing evi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB589 | Intro
25% | Establishing that a person who intentionally, knowingly, or negligently designs or creates artificial intelligence software able to cause physical injury or death is strictly liable for damages and subject to a civil penalty if the software is used t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB484 | Intro
25% | Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB360 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a person to bring and maintain a civil action for defamation against another who distributes a computer-generated visual representation that is indistinguishable from an actual visual representation of the person and is of a sexual or int...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB349 | Intro
25% | Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB394 | Intro
25% | Establishing that a commercial entity that distributes obscene material to minors on the Internet from certain websites is liable for certain damages; and prohibiting a commercial entity or third party that performs a certain age verification of an i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-17
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB438 | Intro
25% | Increasing from $10,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of compensatory damages that may be awarded to an owner of a pet from a person who tortiously causes an injury to or death of the pet while acting individually or through an animal under the perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-17
[Hearing: Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB236 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has conducted intentional visual surveillance of areas of the petitioner's residence where the petitioner has a reasonable expectation of pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB271 | Intro
25% | Providing that an employee of the office of a sheriff of a county or Baltimore City is immune from liability under the Maryland Tort Claims Act in the same manner as a sheriff or deputy sheriff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB431 | Intro
25% | Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as agai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB92 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has conducted intentional visual surveillance of areas of the petitioner's residence where the petitioner has a reasonable expectation of pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB167 | Intro
25% | Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
