---
type: "Bill"
title: "Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary"
description: "Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 822"
citation: "Maryland HB 822 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edce6b89-2383-4bbf-879c-42c877755ea3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0822?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5ab3570a4b47e3d7a1a78c31ce30b39dc0c257de7f0ce7a2368118d8026759f0"
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 822 (2026) — Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_565_hb0822t.pdf)
2. **First - Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0822f.pdf)
3. **Third - Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0822t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **115–18** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 565 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edce6b89-2383-4bbf-879c-42c877755ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).