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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions"
+description: "Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 97"
+citation: "Maryland SB 97 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-08-05"
+last_action: "2022-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d254c09c-bef9-4e8e-bc37-9f4b17cd2bf6"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0097?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "9aafd933c3859355f08d44804c4c066386f90a6d8ea535251369a9119dc18ac8"
+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 SB 97 (2022) — Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_441_sb0097t.pdf)
+2. **First - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0097f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0097t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-08-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-10** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-22** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d254c09c-bef9-4e8e-bc37-9f4b17cd2bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+