---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness - Limitations and Repayment"
description: "St. Mary's County - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness - Limitations and Repayment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 737"
citation: "Maryland SB 737 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Assessments", "Bonds", "Debt Management", "Public Local Laws", "St. Mary's County", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54005a5c-bb02-407b-854e-f95bedc2a005"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB737&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "81c5550ba865cf929b663573990fb6387e2eaedf238f52cbac95ec7a93fa05b8"
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 737 (2017) — St. Mary's County - Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness - Limitations and Repayment

## 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/sb0737f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Waugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2017-02-20** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {219231/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-16** Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Waugh) Adopted
- **2017-03-17** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Waugh) Adopted
- **2017-03-17** Floor Amendment {813225/1 (Senator Waugh) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54005a5c-bb02-407b-854e-f95bedc2a005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).