---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee"
description: "Baltimore County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "Maryland HB 446 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24a1d9a3-a99c-4e27-89d6-8cffecf8c12b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0446?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d6d649ea518e591e00065b538c67fe3a89b1c3d7ea35f7003ad6c3a4cbe01bdb"
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 446 (2022) — Baltimore County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_467_hb0446t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0446f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0446t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forbes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24a1d9a3-a99c-4e27-89d6-8cffecf8c12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).