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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation"
+description: "Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 608"
+citation: "Maryland HB 608 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Judicial Compensation Commission", "Speaker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-28"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f63705a9-5074-4d13-a20e-387ee2b9eb81"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0608?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "dff6730a4e67d2bcfa56f830bf554963edd7f2c1131ffc23cabdba31ae8715ea"
+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 608 (2026) — Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_563_hb0608t.pdf)
+2. **First - Courts - Administrative Judges - Annual Stipend** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0608f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0608t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **121–3** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Judicial Compensation Commission — primary (person)
+- Speaker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-28** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f63705a9-5074-4d13-a20e-387ee2b9eb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+