---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions"
description: "Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Maryland SB 97 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-08-05"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d254c09c-bef9-4e8e-bc37-9f4b17cd2bf6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0097?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9aafd933c3859355f08d44804c4c066386f90a6d8ea535251369a9119dc18ac8"
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 97 (2022) — Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_441_sb0097t.pdf)
2. **First - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0097f.pdf)
3. **Third - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0097t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d254c09c-bef9-4e8e-bc37-9f4b17cd2bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).