Maryland House Bill 1611 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-26 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals information related to a public hazard; prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals sexual harassment except under certain circumstances; 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; etc.

Courts - Concealment of Public Hazard and Sexual Harassment (Sunshine in Litigation Act)

Del. Marice Morales [D]	Del. Curtis Anderson [D]	Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. Jazz Lewis [D]
Del. Aruna Miller [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Elizabeth Proctor [D]	Del. Carlos Sanchez [D]
Sen. Charles Sydnor [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-26	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2018-03-07	House	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
2018-02-09	House	First Reading Judiciary and Economic Matters

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1611?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1611f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0001/hb1611.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/hb1611_jud.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/hb1611_ecm.pdf