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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation"
description: "Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 608"
citation: "Maryland HB 608 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judicial Compensation Commission", "Speaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f63705a9-5074-4d13-a20e-387ee2b9eb81"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0608?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "dff6730a4e67d2bcfa56f830bf554963edd7f2c1131ffc23cabdba31ae8715ea"
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 608 (2026) — Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_563_hb0608t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts - Administrative Judges - Annual Stipend** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0608f.pdf)
3. **Third - Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0608t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1213** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Judicial Compensation Commission — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-28** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f63705a9-5074-4d13-a20e-387ee2b9eb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).