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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Washington County - Judgeships - District Court"
+description: "Washington County - Judgeships - District Court"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 493"
+citation: "Maryland HB 493 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maryland Judicial Conference"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76947201-6c97-4620-985d-bde9641c8a1c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0493?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d1e64098721c0d0a601ca7d3610a79e8bedc0dab4a89d41ecc3e30445b84ccf9"
+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 493 (2026) — Washington County - Judgeships - District Court
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Washington County - Judgeships - District Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_474_hb0493e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Washington County - Judgeships - District Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0493e.pdf)
+3. **First - Judgeships - Circuit Court and District Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0493f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Judgeships - Circuit Court and District Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0493t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–7** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
+- Maryland Judicial Conference — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76947201-6c97-4620-985d-bde9641c8a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+