---
type: "Bill"
title: "District Court – Concurrent Civil Jurisdiction – Violation of Ordinances"
description: "District Court – Concurrent Civil Jurisdiction – Violation of Ordinances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1448"
citation: "Maryland HB 1448 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ea45fd2-0d84-4b63-b735-f1a6d95c3bb3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1448?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c27aefa2e5dc2cc290761e07bf76d24419a7451c08026aa4d1c89c13459f951b"
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 1448 (2022) — District Court – Concurrent Civil Jurisdiction – Violation of Ordinances

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - District Court – Concurrent Civil Jurisdiction – Violation of Ordinances** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_381_hb1448t.pdf)
2. **First - District Court – Concurrent Civil Jurisdiction – Violation of Ordinances** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1448f.pdf)
3. **Third - District Court – Concurrent Civil Jurisdiction – Violation of Ordinances** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1448t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-22** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2022-03-04** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 381 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ea45fd2-0d84-4b63-b735-f1a6d95c3bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).