---
type: "Bill"
title: "Circuit Courts and District Court - Dishonored Checks - Service Charges"
description: "Circuit Courts and District Court - Dishonored Checks - Service Charges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 66"
citation: "Maryland HB 66 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-08-16"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe546a1a-d2ce-4c5b-9efe-5bdb2a339dbe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0066?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "49eba169ab2dcc47549f981d7f6763055bed22923f7ae50b4c8f4db4a8764b1f"
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 66 (2023) — Circuit Courts and District Court - Dishonored Checks - Service Charges

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Circuit Courts and District Court - Dishonored Checks - Service Charges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_664_hb0066t.pdf)
2. **First - Circuit Courts and District Court - Dishonored Checks - Service Charges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0066f.pdf)
3. **Third - Circuit Courts and District Court - Dishonored Checks - Service Charges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0066t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-08-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 664 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe546a1a-d2ce-4c5b-9efe-5bdb2a339dbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).