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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Somerset County - Commissioners - Residency Requirements"
+description: "Somerset County - Commissioners - Residency Requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 323"
+citation: "Maryland HB 323 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "County Commissioners", "Reapportionment and Redistricting", "Residency", "Somerset County", "Time"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-28"
+last_action: "2019-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c0567b0-b15d-4bcc-a371-9725f5425b12"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB323&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "39320ac0568846341bc344e20ca188698a844152b3ff2646a2aa41baaf3bb1c2"
+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 323 (2019) — Somerset County - Commissioners - Residency Requirements
+
+## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0323f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Otto — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-28** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-07** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {990517/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {534630/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-01** House Concur - Senate Amendments
+- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-01** Passed Enrolled
+- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c0567b0-b15d-4bcc-a371-9725f5425b12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+