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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations"
+description: "Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 425"
+citation: "Maryland HB 425 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Appropriations", "Fire Protection", "Somerset County", "Volunteers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-24"
+last_action: "2018-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24fb091c-d30c-4872-be89-128933eadefc"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB425&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "d63354b38e4808eeff815883aa46a6b85333a40285ee2cba4e9b9ca483c8c323"
+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 425 (2018) — Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations
+
+## 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/hb0425f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Otto — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {990311/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24fb091c-d30c-4872-be89-128933eadefc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+