MD HB818 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-25 - Hearing 3/01 at 11:30 a.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-25 - Hearing 3/01 at 11:30 a.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Authorizing a court to award to a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in certain actions seeking to remedy a violation of a certain provision of the Maryland Constitution or the Maryland Declaration of Rights; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses to a prevailing defendant under certain circumstances; providing that the combined total of certain damages and certain attorney's fees and expenses awarded may not exceed certain limits on liability; etc.
Title
Access to Maryland Courts Act
Sponsors
Del. Kathleen Dumais [D] | Del. Erek Barron [D] | Del. Curtis Anderson [D] | Del. Jazz Lewis [D] |
Del. Brooke Lierman [D] | Del. David Moon [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2019-02-25 | House | Hearing 3/01 at 11:30 a.m. |
2019-02-25 | House | Hearing canceled |
2019-02-11 | House | Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. |
2019-02-11 | House | Hearing canceled |
2019-02-08 | House | Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. |
2019-02-08 | House | First Reading Judiciary |
Subjects
Attorneys' Fees
Civil Actions
Civil Actions and Procedures
Counties
Courts
Damages
Human Rights
Liability
Municipal Corporations
Torts
Civil Actions
Civil Actions and Procedures
Counties
Courts
Damages
Human Rights
Liability
Municipal Corporations
Torts