---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension Formula"
description: "Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension Formula"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Maryland HB 720 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Courts and Court Personnel - Local", "Allegany County", "Judges", "Orphans' Court", "Retirement Systems", "Salaries and Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allegany County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20deb366-a7e8-437c-a7e0-fceef65b042b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB720&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "b66ae03cf78ce2b7676ff8a1185cc5a15c3cc9f69d21b65628611fe210209f28"
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 720 (2018) — Allegany County - Orphans' Court Judges - Pension Formula

## 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/hb0720f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allegany County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `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 Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {858071/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20deb366-a7e8-437c-a7e0-fceef65b042b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).