---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County – Fire and Explosive Investigator – Definition"
description: "Montgomery County – Fire and Explosive Investigator – Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1037"
citation: "Maryland SB 1037 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Criminal Law - Procedure", "Explosives", "Fire Protection", "Investigations and Inquiries", "Montgomery County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201e7199-1d27-4e60-be3b-626ca8a4c373"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1037&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "1ae38c92a7170c6fbe8fffd39eff6eb72bc374147fb64d4dbc8853d26cf48b91"
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 SB 1037 (2018) — Montgomery County – Fire and Explosive Investigator – Definition

## 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/sb/sb1037f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
- **2018-02-09** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {638573/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 747 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/201e7199-1d27-4e60-be3b-626ca8a4c373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).