Maryland Senate Bill 734 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Passed on May 28 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-28 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 722
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Making legislative findings and declarations that it is necessary to regulate transfers of structured settlement payment rights to ensure that the transfers are effectuated on fair and reasonable terms and are in the best interest of payees, and to protect payees against deceptive practices; establishing specified requirements on a proposed transfer of structured settlement payment rights if the settlement was established in resolution of a tort claim seeking compensation for cognitive injuries arising from childhood exposure to lead paint; etc.

Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Structured Settlements - Transfers and Registration of Structured Settlement Transferees

Sen. Thomas Miller [D]	Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. James Brochin [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]
Sen. Lisa Gladden [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]
Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]

2016-04-05 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (141-0) (Y: 141 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-25 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (40-5) (Y: 40 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-28	Senate	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 722
2016-04-11	Senate	Returned Passed
2016-04-11	House	Third Reading Passed (141-0)
2016-04-08	House	Second Reading Passed
2016-04-08	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2016-04-08	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2016-04-06	House	Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-04-04	House	Rereferred to Judiciary
2016-03-29	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2016-03-29	Senate	Third Reading Passed (40-5)
2016-03-28	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-03-28	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {938174/1 Report Adopted
2016-03-28	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
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/SB0734?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0734f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0734t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/Chapters_noln/CH_722_sb0734t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0734_93817401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0734.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0734_jpr.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0734_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0734,s-0793&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0734,h-1332&stab=02&ys=2016RS