---
type: "Bill"
title: "Frederick County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee"
description: "Frederick County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "Maryland SB 649 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hough", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2360324-350e-4a56-8067-48f278c2f3fe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0649?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "62ab7c46d67159b5221a37e6ebc861de3f26b8f584e874b06054dc64c117e26d"
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 649 (2022) — Frederick County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Frederick County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_300_sb0649t.pdf)
2. **First - Frederick County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0649f.pdf)
3. **Third - Frederick County - Disposition of Marriage Ceremony Fee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0649t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hough — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** 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 300 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2360324-350e-4a56-8067-48f278c2f3fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).