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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization"
+description: "Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 539"
+citation: "Maryland HB 539 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Watson", "Lierman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c0f50a3-89fb-48cb-a5d7-968b0d9fb029"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0539?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "6a0c70f158925dfb334072e1b4ca14d5e17b79b9127013c5a394a587386805b4"
+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 539 (2020) — Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_235_hb0539t.pdf)
+2. **First - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0539f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0539t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **110–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Watson — primary (person)
+- Lierman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 235 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c0f50a3-89fb-48cb-a5d7-968b0d9fb029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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