---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Alteration"
description: "Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Alteration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 571"
citation: "Maryland HB 571 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosenberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68bb56bc-5e2b-4007-80eb-0415f2733d20"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0571?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "39884c211616c9dd2b51cc076894af3b86c5295d06e6e02f4acb986acc15f1a9"
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 571 (2022) — Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Alteration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_20_hb0571t.pdf)
2. **First - Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0571f.pdf)
3. **Third - Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0571t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **93–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68bb56bc-5e2b-4007-80eb-0415f2733d20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).