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2026 Regular Session

SB471

Circuit Court Clerks and Registers of Wills – Maximum Salary

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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Introduced in Senate February 2, 2026 Senate passed March 19, 2026

Recorded floor votes

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March 19, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

45 yea–0 nay · 2 absent

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  1. House Referred Judiciary
  2. Senate Third Reading Passed (45-0) View roll call
  3. Senate Second Reading Passed
  4. Senate Favorable Adopted
  5. Senate Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
  6. Senate Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
  7. Senate First Reading Judicial Proceedings
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