Maryland Senate Bill 709 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-16 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a court from entering an order or a judgment that conceals information related to a public hazard; providing that confidentiality provisions that conceal information related to a public hazard are unenforceable; providing that a substantially affected person, including news media, has standing to contest an order, a judgment, an agreement, or a contract that violates the Act; providing that a person with standing may bring an action for declaratory judgment to contest a violation of the Act; etc.

Courts - Concealment of Public Hazards (Sunshine in Litigation Act)

Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]

Sen. Lisa Gladden [D]

Sen. Susan Lee [D]

Sen. Anthony Muse [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-16	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
2016-03-03	Senate	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-05	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0709?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0709f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0009/sb0709.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0709_jpr.pdf