---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County - Orphans' Court - Salary and Expense Allowance of Orphans' Court Judges"
description: "Dorchester County - Orphans' Court - Salary and Expense Allowance of Orphans' Court Judges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 988"
citation: "Maryland SB 988 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dorchester County Council", "Eckardt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-19"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53b8d544-02d1-4932-ae4f-4006e1fa7e93"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0988?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "36c6826352ae36c2e5c285f97e42f9c92a347df281adb329dfe10d4eb2ac454d"
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 988 (2022) — Dorchester County - Orphans' Court - Salary and Expense Allowance of Orphans' Court Judges

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Dorchester County - Orphans' Court - Salary and Expense Allowance of Orphans' Court Judges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_386_sb0988t.pdf)
2. **First - Dorchester County - Orphans' Court - Salary and Expense Allowance of Orphans' Court Judges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0988f.pdf)
3. **Third - Dorchester County - Orphans' Court - Salary and Expense Allowance of Orphans' Court Judges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0988t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorchester County Council — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-19** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2022-03-08** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-28** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **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
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53b8d544-02d1-4932-ae4f-4006e1fa7e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).