---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee"
description: "Washington County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "Maryland SB 141 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Auditors and Audits", "Circuit Courts", "Clerks of Court", "Fees", "Historical Matters", "Marriage", "Records", "Reports", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9806d44-eb56-4496-99a4-d7566822ce65"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB141&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "8f6521f3fdf4997f7fdb5e662abf6d27619abf0c008e1ef9acb77b39cd0adb4a"
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 141 (2019) — Washington County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0141f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-14** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9806d44-eb56-4496-99a4-d7566822ce65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).