---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation"
description: "Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Maryland SB 313 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judicial Compensation Commission", "President"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42cdc033-ddc5-4937-960c-665a5766b248"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0313?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "0b7e5069be293792b61ce7b18231adab231552ed6520348b390e64d53aa31e24"
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 313 (2026) — Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_564_sb0313e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313e.pdf)
3. **First - Courts - Administrative Judges - Annual Stipend** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313f.pdf)
4. **Third - Courts - Administrative Judges - Annual Stipend** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judicial Compensation Commission — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-31** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42cdc033-ddc5-4937-960c-665a5766b248`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).