---
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).