---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage Records – Name Change"
description: "Marriage Records – Name Change"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 369"
citation: "Maryland HB 369 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Belcastro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d34a9e4c-821a-48da-81b2-e85d98694e8f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0369?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7ab9c21a6112cb9405deff734d03bde995b030a47e1675c756e0ff963fc5fb9d"
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 369 (2022) — Marriage Records – Name Change

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Marriage Records – Name Change** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_540_hb0369t.pdf)
2. **First - Marriage Records – Name Change** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0369f.pdf)
3. **Third - Marriage Records – Name Change** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0369t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **106–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Belcastro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Reassigned to Judiciary
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Motion Special Order until 3/9 (Delegate M. Fisher) Adopted
- **2022-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 540 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d34a9e4c-821a-48da-81b2-e85d98694e8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).