# Maryland SB 0313: Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation

Maryland SB 0313, Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-12 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0313-2026RS
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0313
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-05-12, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide, Appellate Court of Maryland, Circuit Courts, Committees and Commissions, District Courts, Judges, Salaries and Compensation -see also- Overtime; Reimb. Rates, Workers' Compensation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (219 yes, 6 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Salary floor for workers’ compensation chairman: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Maryland’s State Workers’ Compensation Commission chairman has a guaranteed annual salary floor. The minimum equals the salary set in the State budget for the Chief Judge of the District Court. The law does not set a dollar amount.
- Extra annual pay for qualifying judges: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, qualifying Maryland judges can receive an annual stipend on top of their regular salary. Eligible judges include the Appellate Court’s Chief Judge and administrative judges serving a circuit court or the District Court. The law allows this extra pay but does not require a pa…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-08 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 129 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026-04-08 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 44 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-03-18 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 46 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2026-05-12: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564
- 2026-04-08: Passed Enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Third Reading Passed (44-0) (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Senate Concurs House Amendments (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Third Reading Passed (129-6) (House)
- 2026-04-07: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2026-04-07: Favorable with Amendments {903228/1 Adopted (House)
- 2026-04-07: Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations (House)
- 2026-03-31: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2026-03-30: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2026-03-26: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2026-03-18: Referred Appropriations (House)
- 2026-03-18: Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Favorable Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: First Reading Budget and Taxation (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2026-05-12: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_564_sb0313e.pdf)
- Enrolled, 2026-04-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313e.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2026-03-13: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2026-01-21: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313f.pdf)

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- SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment (became law)
- SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law)
- SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (became law)
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- HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_564_sb0313e.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313e.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0313f.pdf)

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- [SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishm…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0366-2026RS)
- [SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0244-2026RS)
- [SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0148-2026RS)
- [SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0016-2026RS)
- [HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0529-2026RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0313-2026RS (as of 2026-10-11).