---
type: "Bill"
title: "Circuit Court Clerks - Salary Increase"
description: "Circuit Court Clerks - Salary Increase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 519"
citation: "Maryland HB 519 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crutchfield", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ef9b7ed-a9c4-46ab-b0e8-7aa20ac2ca3d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0519?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "667378ceeb3bcdde286c718daaa63b87013596e2ca657a8826928d13af2fa6ab"
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 519 (2022) — Circuit Court Clerks - Salary Increase

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Circuit Court Clerks - Salary Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_188_hb0519t.pdf)
2. **First - Circuit Court Clerks - Salary Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0519f.pdf)
3. **Third - Circuit Court Clerks - Salary Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0519t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **106–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ef9b7ed-a9c4-46ab-b0e8-7aa20ac2ca3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).