Maryland House Bill 1221 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-13 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Providing that, in a specified civil action in which a party alleges that an anonymous individual has engaged in Internet communications that are tortious, a party seeking information identifying the anonymous communicator shall file a specified subpoena and supporting materials in the court under specified circumstances; requiring the party to include a copy of communications that are the subject of the subpoena; requiring the party to serve specified documents on and provide specified payment to a specified person; etc.

Discovery - Disclosures Regarding Anonymous Internet Communications

Del. Glen Glass [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-13	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn
2014-03-05	House	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-02-07	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1221?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb1221f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0001/hb1221.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/hb1221_jud.pdf