republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2021/hb-885.md

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Bill	Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals – Renaming	Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals – Renaming	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	HB 885	Maryland HB 885 (2021)	bill	A	enacted	R. Watson	3	14	2	2021-01-29	2021-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/c452a50a-9bf9-4265-b092-4ce5e396d9cb	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0885?ys=2021RS&search=True	cf5437742481353b52840ee52125355592e14103e559c4d7b18aaac9f6e3a39a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 885 (2021) — Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals – Renaming

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals – Renaming (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals – Renaming (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals – Renaming (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading (Const) — 40–7 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Const) — 125–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• R. Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-29 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-31 Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-02-02 Hearing canceled
• 2021-02-02 Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-03-20 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-20 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-22 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-22 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2021-03-31 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01 Second Reading Passed
• 2021-04-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-06 Returned Passed
• 2021-04-13 Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 83 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c452a50a-9bf9-4265-b092-4ce5e396d9cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).