---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions"
description: "Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 205"
citation: "Maryland HB 205 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50ec07ef-0a13-4b7f-8015-82250d5d80a3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0205?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "71ed231a7d081c63c343a19b02dae06052abcdadec04bc4cc7b82f127d4a4b74"
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 205 (2022) — Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_440_hb0205t.pdf)
2. **First - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0205f.pdf)
3. **Third - Clerks of the Circuit Courts – Bonds, Licenses, Oaths, and Commissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0205t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50ec07ef-0a13-4b7f-8015-82250d5d80a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).