---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Judgments - Exemptions From Execution"
description: "Courts - Judgments - Exemptions From Execution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "Maryland HB 42 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-19"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded60398-d7a4-497d-b68a-66362fd7f34b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0042?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "385601524919c4b1a31eb957c875efa86582970b5eaf232aad511884a8cd0b77"
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 42 (2023) — Courts - Judgments - Exemptions From Execution

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Judgments - Exemptions From Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_719_hb0042t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts - Judgments - Exemptions From Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0042f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courts - Judgments - Exemptions From Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0042t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lopez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded60398-d7a4-497d-b68a-66362fd7f34b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).