Maryland House Bill 1353 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-15 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing that the limits on liability of a local government under the Local Government Tort Claims Act do not apply to a tort action for damages sustained by an individual on an artificial or a synthetic turf playing field owned or operated by a local government; providing that the State, its officers, and its units may not raise sovereign immunity as a defense in a tort action for damages sustained by an individual on a State-owned or State-operated artificial or synthetic turf playing field; etc.

Local Government Tort Claims Act and Maryland Tort Claims Act - Damages Sustained on Artificial or Synthetic Turf Playing Fields

Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-15	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2017-03-08	House	Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-10	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1353?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1353f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb1353.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/hb1353_jud.pdf