republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/sb-688.md

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Bill	Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts	Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	SB 688	Maryland SB 688 (2024)	bill		enacted	Maryland Judicial Conference Smith	3	12	2	2024-01-29	2024-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e9bc0da6-d6a6-4842-9ce5-a35b1b2803cd	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0688?ys=2024RS&search=True	e65b1f3ba18cff24bfa4cd2c724962c3d452e6a2757171369a77345af6765190	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 688 (2024) — Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 135–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Maryland Judicial Conference — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-11 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-12 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-12 Second Reading Passed
• 2024-03-14 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-15 Referred Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-01 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-04 Returned Passed
• 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 756 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9bc0da6-d6a6-4842-9ce5-a35b1b2803cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).