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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts"
description: "Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 688"
citation: "Maryland SB 688 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maryland Judicial Conference", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9bc0da6-d6a6-4842-9ce5-a35b1b2803cd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0688?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e65b1f3ba18cff24bfa4cd2c724962c3d452e6a2757171369a77345af6765190"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_756_sb0688t.pdf)
2. **First - Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0688f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prince George's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0688t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9bc0da6-d6a6-4842-9ce5-a35b1b2803cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).