---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Claim Action Appeals From District Court - Nonattorney Representation"
description: "Small Claim Action Appeals From District Court - Nonattorney Representation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 500"
citation: "Maryland SB 500 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Civil Actions and Procedures", "Appeals", "Attorneys", "Civil Actions", "Court of Appeals", "District Courts", "Exemptions", "Small Claims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/641fca0c-e6da-476b-ab93-fd291993298c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB500&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "53cd74ddbd266158fe3df0b11c371e9a7282b9bd4f39f0e86928f6392f1f86f3"
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 500 (2017) — Small Claim Action Appeals From District Court - Nonattorney Representation

## 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/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0500f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Norman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (139-2) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/641fca0c-e6da-476b-ab93-fd291993298c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).