---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George's County - Marriage License Fees - Distribution of Proceeds PG 411-20"
description: "Prince George's County - Marriage License Fees - Distribution of Proceeds PG 411-20"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Maryland HB 1409 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99138941-bc4e-4735-ab07-23ef117d761c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1409?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e16a4f3e8111383ef48c8a196a042a12a8de134842eba30099093268c4cd262f"
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 1409 (2020) — Prince George's County - Marriage License Fees - Distribution of Proceeds PG 411-20

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Prince George's County - Marriage License Fees - Distribution of Proceeds PG 411-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_467_hb1409t.pdf)
2. **First - Prince George's County - Marriage License Fees - Distribution of Proceeds PG 411-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1409f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prince George's County - Marriage License Fees - Distribution of Proceeds PG 411-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1409t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Benson) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 467 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99138941-bc4e-4735-ab07-23ef117d761c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).