republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/sb-500.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Small Claim Action Appeals From District Court - Nonattorney Representation	Small Claim Action Appeals From District Court - Nonattorney Representation	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	SB 500	Maryland SB 500 (2017)	bill	Business Regulation and Occupations Civil Actions and Procedures Appeals Attorneys Civil Actions Court of Appeals District Courts Exemptions Small Claims	enacted	Norman	1	14	2	2017-02-01	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/641fca0c-e6da-476b-ab93-fd291993298c	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB500&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	53cd74ddbd266158fe3df0b11c371e9a7282b9bd4f39f0e86928f6392f1f86f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 500 (2017) — Small Claim Action Appeals From District Court - Nonattorney Representation

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 139–2 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Norman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-01 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-02-27 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-01 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-01 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-03-03 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2017-03-06 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-03-17 Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-04-07 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed (139-2) passage
• 2017-04-10 Returned Passed
• 2017-05-04 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 544 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/641fca0c-e6da-476b-ab93-fd291993298c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).