---
type: "Bill"
title: "Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law"
description: "Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Maryland SB 116 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-29"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2e71073-a9a1-44b5-8b08-6a07640ed79a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0116?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6ad4e9af0cdd25c8fca1eca6e3fe7d7f9ebf9ad049f9355e56736270699422aa"
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 116 (2024) — Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_200_sb0116t.pdf)
2. **First - Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0116f.pdf)
3. **Third - Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0116t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Hearing 1/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-08** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-08** Hearing 1/11 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 200 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2e71073-a9a1-44b5-8b08-6a07640ed79a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).