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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "General Assembly – Prefiled Bills – Deadlines"
+description: "General Assembly – Prefiled Bills – Deadlines"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 244"
+citation: "Maryland HB 244 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Government - General Assembly", "Legislation", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Public Officials", "Time"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06b67b25-eed9-434f-bd58-063c6da77010"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB244&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "72b5a4b592de30300a32f973f58c0ddf5221b59604e0070b644add686c9a3547"
+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 244 (2018) — General Assembly – Prefiled Bills – Deadlines
+
+## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0244f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **129–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jones — primary (person)
+- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Barron — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
+- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
+- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
+- Healey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
+- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
+- Knotts — cosponsor (person)
+- Korman — cosponsor (person)
+- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
+- Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/19 at 3:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-20** Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-21** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-21** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-02-23** Third Reading Passed (129-2) `passage`
+- **2018-02-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06b67b25-eed9-434f-bd58-063c6da77010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+