Maryland Senate Bill 665 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-08 - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing the Attorney General to take specified actions regarding civil and criminal suits and actions that are based on the federal government's action or inaction that threatens the public interest and welfare of the residents of the State; requiring the Attorney General, to provide the Governor with specified notice and an opportunity to review and comment on specified suits and actions; requiring the Governor to provide $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 and thereafter to carry out the specified provisions and to employ five attorneys; etc.

Attorney General - Powers - Maryland Defense Act of 2017

Sen. Edward Kasemeyer [D]	Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]
Sen. Joan Conway [D]	Sen. Ulysses Currie [D]	Sen. James DeGrange [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]
Sen. William Ferguson [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]
Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Nathaniel McFadden [D]
Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]	Sen. Thomas Miller [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]
Sen. Douglas Peters [D]	Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]	Sen. Barbara Robinson [D]
Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]	Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]
Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-08	Senate	Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-03-01	Senate	Hearing canceled
2017-03-15	Senate	Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Budget and Taxation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0665?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0665f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0005/sb0665.pdf