---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership"
description: "Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Maryland SB 252 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c8405bd-a44f-4857-a76e-59c145d82505"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0252?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "339f244e618eca98c211ccd7b0096d69b862eb193435c63dc3c92cae8882b7ac"
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 252 (2026) — Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_660_sb0252t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0252f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0252t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **95–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **35–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-17** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c8405bd-a44f-4857-a76e-59c145d82505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).