Maryland Senate Bill 524 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-15 - Hearing 2/26 at 2:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Exempting certain types of pollution cases from the Maryland Uniform Contribution Among Joint Tort-Feasors Act; requiring the factfinder in certain legal actions to make a determination of the total liability and assign comparative responsibility to certain parties; authorizing the State to continue to pursue certain legal actions or bring new legal actions if the State has obtained less than complete relief from a certain person who has resolved the person's liability with the State in a settlement; etc.

Environment - Multidefendant Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Cases - Effect of Settlement

Sen. William Ferguson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-15	Senate	Hearing 2/26 at 2:00 p.m.
2021-02-15	Senate	Hearing canceled
2021-01-27	Senate	Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.
2021-01-22	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB739 (Crossfiled) 2021-01-29 - Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Environment	4	401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	4	421	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	7	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	7	221	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0524?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0524f.pdf