---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure - Restitution Orders - Recording Fees"
description: "Criminal Procedure - Restitution Orders - Recording Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 591"
citation: "Maryland HB 591 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/706472b0-7c33-404c-beb7-74afb7e11018"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0591?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8c776fb20a2775c8d0601f1ec6aa8fa41d956dbc4cfa3e9b35e1084292080652"
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 591 (2023) — Criminal Procedure - Restitution Orders - Recording Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Procedure - Restitution Orders - Recording Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_740_hb0591t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Procedure - Restitution Orders - Recording Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0591f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Procedure - Restitution Orders - Recording Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0591t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-15** 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`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 740 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/706472b0-7c33-404c-beb7-74afb7e11018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).