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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Howard County - Fire and Explosive Investigator - Authority Ho. Co. 24-17"
+description: "Howard County - Fire and Explosive Investigator - Authority Ho. Co. 24-17"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1343"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1343 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Public Safety", "Arrests", "Fire Protection", "Guns", "Howard County", "Law Enforcement", "Police Training Commission"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-10"
+last_action: "2017-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a7a2b0-9c28-4135-a2bc-0a774f390163"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1343&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "00d99395f090942804a37948ef34f11a0f65ab6a2bbf6bd4af96a62cb4263095"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1343 (2017) — Howard County - Fire and Explosive Investigator - Authority Ho. Co. 24-17
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1343f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Reassigned to Judiciary
+- **2017-02-20** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-03-15** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 309 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a7a2b0-9c28-4135-a2bc-0a774f390163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+