Maryland House Bill 974 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 14 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-14 - Third Reading Passed (127-0)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Altering the definition of "sexual abuse"; altering the statute of limitations in certain civil actions relating to child sexual abuse by providing that a certain action may be filed at any time; providing for the retroactive application of the Act to revive any action that was barred by the application of the period of limitations applicable before October 1, 2020, if the action is filed before October 1, 2022; and repealing a statute of repose for certain civil actions relating to child sexual abuse.

Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition and Statute of Limitations (Hidden Predator Act of 2020)

Del. C.T. Wilson [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]
Del. Robin Grammer [R]	Del. Jazz Lewis [D]	Sen. Ron Watson [D]	Del. Nicole Williams [D]

2020-03-14 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 127 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	House	Third Reading Passed (127-0)
2020-03-13	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-13	House	Favorable with Amendments {332815/1 Adopted
2020-03-13	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2020-02-06	House	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-05	House	First Reading Judiciary

HB974 (Carry Over) 2020-03-14 - Third Reading Passed (127-0)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Chapter of the Acts	2017		(n/a)	See Bill Text
Courts and Judicial Proceedings	5	117	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0974?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0974f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0974t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0004/hb0974_33281501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0974_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0640.pdf