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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0313* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 313 | |
| 11 | 8 | D3 2lr1429 | |
| 12 | 9 | CF HB 244 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senators Watson and Carter | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 20, 2022 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 16, 2022 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Civil Actions – Damages – Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a calculation of damages for loss of earnings resulting from 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | personal injury or wrongful death from being reduced based on race, ethnicity, or 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | gender; and generally relating to civil actions and damages for loss of earnings. 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | ||
| 30 | 24 | BY adding to 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | Section 11–109.1 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | ||
| 36 | 30 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | 11–109.1. 14 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | A CALCULATION OF DAMAG ES FOR LOSS OF EARNI NGS RESULTING FROM 15 | |
| 44 | 38 | PERSONAL INJURY OR W RONGFUL DEA TH MAY NOT BE REDUCE D BASED ON RACE , 16 | |
| 45 | 39 | ETHNICITY, OR GENDER. 17 | |
| 46 | 40 | ||
| 47 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed to 18 2 SENATE BILL 313 | |
| 41 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed to 18 | |
| 42 | + | apply only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or 19 | |
| 43 | + | application to any cause of action arising before the effective date of this Act. 20 | |
| 48 | 44 | ||
| 45 | + | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 21 | |
| 46 | + | October 1, 2022. 22 | |
| 49 | 47 | ||
| 50 | - | apply only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or 1 | |
| 51 | - | application to any cause of action arising before the effective date of this Act. 2 | |
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| 53 | - | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3 | |
| 54 | - | October 1, 2022. 4 | |
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| 59 | - | Approved: | |
| 60 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 61 | - | Governor. | |
| 62 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 63 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 64 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 65 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |