---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy"
description: "Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 670"
citation: "Maryland SB 670 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/169de0a1-355b-4969-a3d6-7f05d273c998"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0670?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e3ea69fd83b40af2f1ec6e8ae3f92e2b351c09af8eb48c1f41835e3f9ff28097"
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 670 (2021) — Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_598_sb0670e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0670e.pdf)
3. **First - Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0670f.pdf)
4. **Third - Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0670t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **100–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — 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.
- **2021-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 598 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/169de0a1-355b-4969-a3d6-7f05d273c998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).