---
type: "Bill"
title: "False Claims - Civil Penalties or Damages - Authorization to Recover and Exceptions to General Fund Deposit by Comptroller"
description: "False Claims - Civil Penalties or Damages - Authorization to Recover and Exceptions to General Fund Deposit by Comptroller"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 114"
citation: "Maryland SB 114 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-27"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9790d792-4710-45e9-a02b-d0ec3f4fdcdd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0114?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b45c258c2ca8f612bdfdeb63bea8de55d57e01294342f198d7b63e1e21838575"
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 114 (2022) — False Claims - Civil Penalties or Damages - Authorization to Recover and Exceptions to General Fund Deposit by Comptroller

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - False Claims - Civil Penalties or Damages - Authorization to Recover and Exceptions to General Fund Deposit by Comptroller** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_609_sb0114e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - False Claims - Civil Penalties or Damages - Authorization to Recover and Exceptions to General Fund Deposit by Comptroller** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0114e.pdf)
3. **First - False Claims - Civil Penalties or Damages - Exceptions to General Fund Deposit by Comptroller** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0114f.pdf)
4. **Third - False Claims - Civil Penalties or Damages - Authorization to Recover and Exceptions to General Fund Deposit by Comptroller** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0114t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-13** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/22 at 1:40 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 609 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9790d792-4710-45e9-a02b-d0ec3f4fdcdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).