---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations"
description: "Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Maryland HB 425 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Appropriations", "Fire Protection", "Somerset County", "Volunteers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24fb091c-d30c-4872-be89-128933eadefc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB425&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "d63354b38e4808eeff815883aa46a6b85333a40285ee2cba4e9b9ca483c8c323"
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 425 (2018) — Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations

## 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/hb0425f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {990311/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24fb091c-d30c-4872-be89-128933eadefc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).