---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Funding"
description: "Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 662"
citation: "Maryland SB 662 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "King", "Lee", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04ba4e67-5fce-41a7-8cc0-3a61a48962e3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0662?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a2a8f8531704530126d97fb573ea001e61db0621632c583dcdcd2f9bbd3a9f58"
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 662 (2022) — Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Funding

## 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 - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_40_sb0662t.pdf)
2. **First - Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0662f.pdf)
3. **Third - Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0662t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **95–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-28** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 40 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04ba4e67-5fce-41a7-8cc0-3a61a48962e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).