Statutes Of Limitation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Child Sexual Abuse Claims Against the State - Time Limitation [HB-1378]
Prohibiting certain actions under the Child Victims Act against the State or a unit of State government from being filed on or after January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing Canceled on 03/07/2025
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Civil Actions - Nonprofit Organizations - Unauthorized Support of Israeli Settlement Activity (Not On Our Dime Act) [HB-1394]
Prohibiting certain nonprofit organizations from aiding or abetting certain activity by the government of Israel or a citizen of Israel; authorizing the Attorney General or a certain person to bring a certain action against a nonprofit organization that violates the Act; and requiring the Secretary of State to remove a nonprofit organization from the Registry of Charitable Solicitation after receiving notice from the Attorney General or a prevailing plaintiff of a decision entered against a nonprofit organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Hearing 3/05 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
PFAS Chemicals - Civil Actions and Prohibition on Consumer Product Sales [HB-1112]
Altering the time limits for bringing an action for wrongful death or personal injury concerning exposure of a person to PFAS chemicals; and prohibiting a person, on or after July 1, 2026, from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in the State a consumer product that contains PFAS chemicals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions [SB-608]
Altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; requiring a certifying entity to develop protocols to assist certain petitioners to take certain actions.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Third Reading Passed (32-12) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Intercepted Communications - Statute of Limitations and Penalties [HB-706]
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to a certain offense relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing any wire, oral, or electronic communications and reclassifying the offense as a misdemeanor instead of a felony; and providing that certain provisions may not be construed to limit the amount of restitution that may be ordered for a certain violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges [SB-533]
Altering the deadline for the completion of the process of review by a certain investigating unit through disposition by an administrative charging committee under certain circumstances; requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 1 year and 1 day after the date that the appropriate official employed by the law enforcement agency became aware of the incident; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Referred Judiciary on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions and Immigration Enforcement at Sensitive Locations [HB-579]
Altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; and authorizing the disclosure of certain information under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Third Reading Passed (98-40) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition [HB-616]
Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and prohibiting a person from willfully destroying, damaging, defacing, or removing landscaping or part of the grounds of a cemetery.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Statute of Limitations - Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes [HB-591]
Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for the prosecution or suit for enforcement of local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition [SB-421]
Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and prohibiting a person from willfully destroying, damaging, defacing, or removing any part of the grounds of a cemetery.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Referred Judiciary on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Nonsexual Abuse and Neglect - Damages and Statute of Limitations [HB-456]
Establishing a certain statute of limitations in certain civil actions relating to child nonsexual abuse and neglect; establishing a limitation of $1,500,000 on noneconomic damages that may be awarded under the Act; providing that a certain party may appeal an interlocutory order under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively and retroactively to certain actions barred by a certain statute of limitations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Consumer Contracts - Limitations Periods [HB-431]
Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as against public policy; providing that a violation of the Act is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act and subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law – Child Support [HB-218]
Altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person's default in payment of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges [HB-238]
Requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within a certain period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Motion Reconsider Second Reading (delegate Clippinger) Adopted on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies [HB-268]
Altering provisions of law related to a hospital's financial assistance and collection of debts policies; specifying the percentage by which a hospital is required to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket expenses under certain circumstances; adding to the notice requirements relating to a hospital's financial assistance policy; prohibiting a hospital from filing a civil action to collect a debt against a patient whose outstanding debt is at or below $500; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Petty Theft - Statute of Limitations [HB-269]
Increasing, from 2 years to 3 years, the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of theft of property or services with a value of less than $100.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Intercepted Communications - Statute of Limitations and Penalty [HB-130]
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to a certain offense relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing any wire, oral, or electronic communications and reclassifying the offense as a misdemeanor instead of a felony punishable by a period of imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of not more than $10,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (101-37) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Misdemeanor Theft - Statute of Limitations [HB-109]
Increasing, from 2 years to 3 years, the statute of limitations for the crime of theft of property or services with a value greater than $100 but less than $1500.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Recordation of Instrument With False Information - Penalties and Actions to Quiet Title [HB-1308]
Prohibiting a person from recording a deed or other instrument that the person knows contains false information; establishing a 3-year limitation on when a prosecution for a violation of the Act may be commenced; establishing a fine not to exceed $500 for a violation of the Act; and authorizing a court to award certain costs and attorney's fees in an action to quiet title if the action or a defense to an action is based on the alleged recordation of a deed containing false information.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 369 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Human Services - Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Restoration of Benefits [HB-1434]
Requiring, subject to a certain provision of law, the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card and restore the benefits without further action from the household; and requiring the Department to establish a workgroup to study and make recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, on a dedicated funding stream for the restoration of stolen benefits from certain assistance programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/18/2024