---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Proceedings - Fines, Fees, and Costs"
description: "Juvenile Proceedings - Fines, Fees, and Costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Maryland HB 36 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron", "D.M. Davis", "Henson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-13"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45db6999-f5c2-4c9b-bcbe-ace40ff9a4f2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0036?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1a74a8f46c1926747fcef915a05302819db7123424d80699a333956163395d86"
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 36 (2020) — Juvenile Proceedings - Fines, Fees, and Costs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Juvenile Proceedings - Fines, Fees, and Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_35_hb0036t.pdf)
2. **First - Juvenile Proceedings - Fines, Fees, and Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0036f.pdf)
3. **Third - Juvenile Proceedings - Fines, Fees, and Costs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0036t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **109–21** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)
- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-07** Hearing 1/16 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`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 35 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45db6999-f5c2-4c9b-bcbe-ace40ff9a4f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).