---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming"
description: "Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 666"
citation: "Maryland SB 666 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d982742-b807-4906-b95e-7a714a8f65bf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0666?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "aa5f90f2259327198cc1953b6f5a175d4466e808c97cafd1cb01a566de8abe21"
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 666 (2021) — Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_82_sb0666t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0666f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals - Renaming** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0666t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Const) — **38–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Const) — **124–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 82 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d982742-b807-4906-b95e-7a714a8f65bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).