MD HB222 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-20 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-20 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals information related to a public hazard; 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; providing that a person with standing may bring an action for declaratory judgment to contest a violation of the Act; etc.
Title
Courts - Concealment of Public Hazards (Sunshine in Litigation Act)
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-02-20 | House | Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
2017-02-08 | House | Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. |
2017-01-20 | House | First Reading Judiciary |