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type: "Bill"
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title: "Washington County - Judgeships - District Court"
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description: "Washington County - Judgeships - District Court"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 493"
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citation: "Maryland HB 493 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maryland Judicial Conference"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-27"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76947201-6c97-4620-985d-bde9641c8a1c"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0493?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "d1e64098721c0d0a601ca7d3610a79e8bedc0dab4a89d41ecc3e30445b84ccf9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 493 (2026) — Washington County - Judgeships - District Court
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Washington County - Judgeships - District Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_474_hb0493e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Washington County - Judgeships - District Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0493e.pdf)
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3. **First - Judgeships - Circuit Court and District Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0493f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Judgeships - Circuit Court and District Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0493t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–7** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chair, Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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- Maryland Judicial Conference — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-09** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-09** Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Smith) Adopted
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- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-13** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
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- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76947201-6c97-4620-985d-bde9641c8a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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