---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caroline County - State's Attorney and Sheriff - Salaries"
description: "Caroline County - State's Attorney and Sheriff - Salaries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 620"
citation: "Maryland HB 620 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/093243a7-be7e-4adf-9a49-b2e31a5a71a4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0620?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e1162c30c277dc31fe1f463f4f37e48724a60eb2e5a9af319a28a30497bf1223"
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 620 (2022) — Caroline County - State's Attorney and Sheriff - Salaries

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Caroline County - State's Attorney and Sheriff - Salaries** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_547_hb0620t.pdf)
2. **First - Caroline County - State's Attorney and Sheriff - Salaries** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0620f.pdf)
3. **Third - Caroline County - State's Attorney and Sheriff - Salaries** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0620t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `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`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 547 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/093243a7-be7e-4adf-9a49-b2e31a5a71a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).