---
type: "Bill"
title: "District Court - Small Claims - Enforcement of Money Judgments"
description: "District Court - Small Claims - Enforcement of Money Judgments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 127"
citation: "Maryland HB 127 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger", "Moon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6586ded3-5c00-4479-9394-e1079aa107e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0127?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "29de5cc1fbae234b919abae5d4695ec02837b8ec5a19c6a718d61ea854cdb604"
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 127 (2023) — District Court - Small Claims - Enforcement of Money Judgments

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - District Court - Small Claims - Enforcement of Money Judgments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_709_hb0127t.pdf)
2. **First - District Court - Small Claims - Enforcement of Money Judgments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0127f.pdf)
3. **Third - District Court - Small Claims - Enforcement of Money Judgments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0127t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6586ded3-5c00-4479-9394-e1079aa107e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).