---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings"
description: "Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Maryland SB 280 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman", "Jackson", "Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3722c18-b514-46a9-9b15-22ac15e01985"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0280?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a5d9463a0e0e28abd06100b09b5ed364776c9601b9e041c548cdff473459c56a"
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 280 (2022) — Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_335_sb0280t.pdf)
2. **First - Interim and Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0280f.pdf)
3. **Third - Interim and Temporary Protective Orders - Electronic Filing and Video Conferencing Hearings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0280t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3722c18-b514-46a9-9b15-22ac15e01985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).