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STANDING COMMITTEES

JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE

ORIGIN & FUNCTIONS


The Judicial Proceedings Committee was established by the Senate in December 1831 as a five-member body first appointed in January 1832.

The Committee is assigned legislation relating to civil rights; constitutional amendments; correctional facilities and services; criminal and civil laws, penalties, and procedures; family law; judicial administration and court structure; juvenile justice; law enforcement organizations; the legal profession; legal rights and immunities; public safety; real property, including landlord and tenant law; trusts and estates; and vehicle laws.

Eleven senators serve on this committee (Senate Rules 18; Code State Government Article, secs. 2-1103 through 2-1105).

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