---
type: "Bill"
title: "Garrett County - Bids and Contracts"
description: "Garrett County - Bids and Contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 540"
citation: "Maryland SB 540 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Contracts", "County Commissioners", "Garrett County", "Procurement", "Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50a5518c-1105-416f-97cd-5f75d09ee2c2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB540&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "ac666a5ff207d85d1e49bfc2f13db09f1fd67d227cc6820cc2f2031adb3b6bde"
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 540 (2018) — Garrett County - Bids and Contracts

## 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/sb0540f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50a5518c-1105-416f-97cd-5f75d09ee2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).