---
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: "SB 136"
citation: "Maryland SB 136 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Muse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-05"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99e6348a-6231-4f2e-a8d6-85951d95f512"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0136?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "582e108dfce4301cbe6bac8e6792eb8ee1f6ce698e556f3d6b76e62911a12f69"
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 136 (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_926_sb0136t.pdf)
2. **First - Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0136f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0136t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Hearing 1/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-08** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-08** Hearing 1/11 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 926 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99e6348a-6231-4f2e-a8d6-85951d95f512`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).