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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Somerset County - Fines and Forfeitures - Distribution"
+description: "Somerset County - Fines and Forfeitures - Distribution"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 631"
+citation: "Maryland HB 631 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts and Court Personnel - Local", "Circuit Courts", "Clerks of Court", "Fines", "Forfeiture", "Libraries", "Somerset County"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-29"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36134952-a0e2-41b1-b8e5-770736b10e25"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB631&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "31189cc413f0e281d3eae4ef4d83e9e1ee0c98b331e3a65828d2ef1663ad2e34"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 631 (2018) — Somerset County - Fines and Forfeitures - Distribution
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0631f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Otto — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-29** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-30** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-26** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-06** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 540 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36134952-a0e2-41b1-b8e5-770736b10e25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+