---
type: "Bill"
title: "Garrett County - Payment to Rescue Squads"
description: "Garrett County - Payment to Rescue Squads"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 591"
citation: "Maryland SB 591 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "County Commissioners", "Garrett County", "Public Local Laws", "Rescue Squads", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0350b3f-40fe-488a-8e36-17dd249c1a7f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB591&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "0b0b682aba017cc6503977bdf7ef4a7b7112465388ee32fd7da9fabdcbefe887"
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 SB 591 (2017) — Garrett County - Payment to Rescue Squads

## 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/sb/sb0591f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {664337/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {830718/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 695 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0350b3f-40fe-488a-8e36-17dd249c1a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).