---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts"
description: "Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 592"
citation: "Maryland HB 592 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger", "Roberson", "Taylor", "Toles", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fc267bd-f242-4204-aa05-e8e04d4bb628"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0592?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ae17e0d639bdf402e3f6d1f56c1fef4569cc38f7c0c79a40150a5e080b7fa35d"
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 592 (2024) — Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_757_hb0592t.pdf)
2. **First - Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0592f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0592t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Williams — 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.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** 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 757 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fc267bd-f242-4204-aa05-e8e04d4bb628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).