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type: "Bill"
title: "Courts Counsel Appearance Fees Domestic Violence"
description: "Courts Counsel Appearance Fees Domestic Violence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 744"
citation: "Maryland HB 744 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71374d65-c8f2-46da-bff5-56f44573fb6a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0744?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ea8f08118cafd68561b5a38b7d070dd5816f865acbc4bda8eb5db253d3ec4833"
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 744 (2021) — Courts Counsel Appearance Fees Domestic Violence
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Courts Counsel Appearance Fees Domestic Violence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_330_hb0744t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts Counsel Appearance Fees Domestic Violence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0744f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courts Counsel Appearance Fees Domestic Violence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0744t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1300** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dumais — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-29** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71374d65-c8f2-46da-bff5-56f44573fb6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).