Maryland Senate Bill 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-30 - Hearing 2/14 at 12:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Increasing certain civil penalties the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to seek if it finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act regarding public accommodations and certain actions by persons licensed or regulated by a unit in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing that certain maximum penalty amounts do not apply if a certain discriminatory act is determined to be malicious; requiring any civil penalties collected under the Act be paid to the complainant, not the general fund; etc.

Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Civil Penalties

Sen. Susan Lee [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-30	Senate	Hearing 2/14 at 12:00 p.m.
2019-01-28	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0271?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0271f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0271.pdf