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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 23, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Judgeships - Circuit Court and District Court
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 11, 2026: Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Summary
Comments on HB 493
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Judiciary Committeeprimary
- Maryland Judicial Conferencecosponsor
Votes
YES: 138
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kerr
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Queen
- Toles
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Korman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Arikan
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Baker
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Beauchamp
- Grammer
- Mangione
- Ross
- Wells
- Behler
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hill
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Nawrocki
- Spiegel
- Young
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Nkongolo
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Odom
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 11, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable
- Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Smith) Adopted
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Vormelker, Will (Maryland Judiciary)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Jarrell, Stephanie (Queen Anne's County Commissioners)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Sarkar, Shaoli (Maryland State Bar Association)
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