---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly – Prefiled Bills – Deadlines"
description: "General Assembly – Prefiled Bills – Deadlines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "Maryland HB 244 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - General Assembly", "Legislation", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Public Officials", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06b67b25-eed9-434f-bd58-063c6da77010"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB244&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "72b5a4b592de30300a32f973f58c0ddf5221b59604e0070b644add686c9a3547"
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 244 (2018) — General Assembly – Prefiled Bills – Deadlines

## 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/hb0244f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Knotts — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/19 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-20** Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-23** Third Reading Passed (129-2) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06b67b25-eed9-434f-bd58-063c6da77010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).