Maryland Senate Bill 544 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-20 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a court to award a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in specified civil actions; authorizing a court to award attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant only under specified circumstances; establishing the method of calculating specified awards of attorney's fees; establishing that the limit on the liability of the State under the Maryland Tort Claims Act does not include a specified award of attorney's fees and expenses; providing that a specified plaintiff is considered a prevailing plaintiff; etc.

Civil Actions - Award of Attorney's Fees and Expenses

Sen. Anthony Muse [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-20	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2014-02-27	Senate	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-01-30	Senate	Hearing cancelled
2014-02-20	Senate	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-01-29	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0544?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0544f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0544.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/sb0544_jpr.pdf