Legislation - HB0822

Providing that the maximum annual salary of the clerks of the circuit courts and the registers of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the clerk or the register begins a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.

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Cross-filed with: SB0471

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0918 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

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Chamber House Calendar Date 2/04/2026 Legislative Date 2/04/2026 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/05/2026 Legislative Date 2/05/2026 Action Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/09/2026 Legislative Date 3/09/2026 Action Favorable Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2026 Legislative Date 2/26/2026 Action Favorable Adopted Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2026 Legislative Date 2/26/2026 Action Second Reading Passed Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/11/2026 Legislative Date 2/27/2026 Action Third Reading Passed (115-18) Proceedings 36 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/12/2026 Legislative Date 2/27/2026 Action Referred Judicial Proceedings Proceedings 38 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/04/2026	2/04/2026	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary
House	2/05/2026	2/05/2026	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/09/2026	3/09/2026	Favorable Report by Judiciary
House	3/10/2026	2/26/2026	Favorable Adopted	35 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/10/2026	2/26/2026	Second Reading Passed	35 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills - Maximum Salary
House	3/11/2026	2/27/2026	Third Reading Passed (115-18)	36 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/12/2026	2/27/2026	Referred Judicial Proceedings	38 Click to view Recorded Media

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