---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk"
description: "Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Maryland HB 300 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boafo", "Embry", "Harris", "Lehman", "Pasteur", "Roberson", "Taylor", "Toles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e361fc-fd08-46aa-9f1b-d7bcf98a956f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0300?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ce6d0a8e5b98b1828492cd54e77abb06a849af8bf49a027ea5e858f5031f45a4"
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 300 (2024) — Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_927_hb0300t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0300f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0300t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boafo — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 927 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e361fc-fd08-46aa-9f1b-d7bcf98a956f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).