---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Jury Service - Disqualification"
description: "Courts - Jury Service - Disqualification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 322"
citation: "Maryland SB 322 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38ff4e72-35cc-4970-9c90-977bf53f1010"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0322?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6b1200f2aa8b55c6423063d2c10e122b6cd03aebe8a1f91e25903058fac1e0bb"
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 322 (2026) — Courts - Jury Service - Disqualification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Jury Service - Disqualification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_875_sb0322t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts - Jury Service - Disqualification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0322f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courts - Jury Service - Disqualification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0322t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **97–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-27** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 875 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38ff4e72-35cc-4970-9c90-977bf53f1010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).