---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County - County Budget - Changes to Adopted Budget"
description: "Calvert County - County Budget - Changes to Adopted Budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 729"
citation: "Maryland HB 729 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Budgets", "Calvert County", "County Commissioners", "Hearings", "Public Information", "Public Local Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74ea11dc-8c16-455e-9032-6f34b6b718e4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB729&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "1939baf196ab2941ec107e17c26e8906d0c7365050ecfc16989eda68cc8e77c1"
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 729 (2018) — Calvert County - County Budget - Changes to Adopted Budget

## 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/hb0729f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Calvert 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 with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {704862/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Special Order until later this session (Delegate Jones) Adopted
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {704862/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** 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`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74ea11dc-8c16-455e-9032-6f34b6b718e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).