---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Building Codes - Transfer of Administration to Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation"
description: "Public Safety - Building Codes - Transfer of Administration to Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 694"
citation: "Maryland HB 694 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Building Codes", "Housing and Community Development", "Department of", "Labor", "Licensing", "and Regulation", "Department of", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Records", "State Employees", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69fa0b6c-71b4-44b3-af09-6f9dfda6c4a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB694&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "faaca845e10fcb0fdd0b31cf2b25018405c92a4c71e791dad171b0bb18fb100a"
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 694 (2018) — Public Safety - Building Codes - Transfer of Administration to Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation

## 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/hb0694f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Housing and Community Development) — cosponsor (person)
- Environment and Transportation Committee and Chair — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 673 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69fa0b6c-71b4-44b3-af09-6f9dfda6c4a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).