---
type: "Bill"
title: "Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law"
description: "Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 528"
citation: "Maryland HB 528 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc1083a9-998d-4137-bb86-883a92e5f178"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0528?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4eb8496dacce889ef18a9dc791c0754e556b011701383d602c970103621bd522"
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 528 (2024) — Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_201_hb0528t.pdf)
2. **First - Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0528f.pdf)
3. **Third - Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0528t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** 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
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc1083a9-998d-4137-bb86-883a92e5f178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).