Maryland House Bill 474 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-24 - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to change the name of the Court of Appeals to be the Supreme Court of Maryland, to change the name of the Court of Special Appeals to be the Maryland Appellate Court, to change the name of a Judge of the Court of Appeals to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, and to change the name of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.

Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals - Renaming

Sen. Ron Watson [D]	Del. Curtis Anderson [D]	Del. Lauren Arikan [R]	Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]
Del. Darryl Barnes [D]	Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]	Del. Mark Chang [D]
Del. Dan Cox [R]	Del. Charlotte Crutchfield [D]	Del. Debra Davis [D]	Del. Wanika Fisher [D]
Del. Michael Griffith [R]	Sen. Michael Jackson [D]	Del. Michael Malone [R]	Del. Elizabeth Proctor [D]
Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Veronica Turner [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]	Del. Jay Walker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-24	House	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-24	House	First Reading Judiciary

HB474 (Carry Over) 2020-01-24 - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
SB393 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-13 - Referred Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
XVII - Quadrennial Elections	3		(n/a)	See Bill Text
II - Executive Department	6		(n/a)	See Bill Text
III - Legislative Department	30		(n/a)	See Bill Text
III - Legislative Department	5		(n/a)	See Bill Text
III - Legislative Department	52		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	1		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	10		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	14		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	15		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	16		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	17		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	18		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	22		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	3		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	3A		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	41E		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	4B		(n/a)	See Bill Text
IV - Judiciary Department	5A		(n/a)	See Bill Text
V - Attorney-General and State's Attorneys	6		(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0474?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0474f.pdf