Maryland House Bill 1178 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-09 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting the prepayment of certain fines imposed for a violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; requiring the District Court to establish a certain base fine for certain violations; providing for the calculation of a fine imposed on an individual under the Act based on a certain adjusted gross income of the individual; prohibiting a fine imposed under the Act from exceeding a certain maximum amount; authorizing a court to consider certain income for determining a certain adjusted gross income of a defendant; etc.

Vehicle Laws - Fines - Pilot Project for Income-Based Fines (Fair Fines Act of 2020)

Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-09	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2020-02-10	House	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-07	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Transportation	27	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Transportation	27	105	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1178?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1178f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb1178_ent.pdf