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IntroducedOct 22, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 26, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Family Law - Marriage License Applications - Appearance and Affidavits
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 27, 2026: Referred Judicial Proceedings
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 95
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 136
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fisher
- Korman
- Queen
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Turner
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Rose
- Vogel
- Behler
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ross
- Wells
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Bouchat
- Harrison
- McComas
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Buckel
- Healey
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Young
- Coley
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Conaway
NO: 0
Actions
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {323420/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 23, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
- Oct 22, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Poyer, Scott (Clerk of the Circuit Court)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Smith, Michelle (MSBA FLSC)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Simmons, Gary
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- DeWees, Heather (Maryland Circuit Court Clerks' Association)

