---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County - Commissioners - Residency Requirements"
description: "Somerset County - Commissioners - Residency Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 323"
citation: "Maryland HB 323 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "County Commissioners", "Reapportionment and Redistricting", "Residency", "Somerset County", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c0567b0-b15d-4bcc-a371-9725f5425b12"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB323&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "39320ac0568846341bc344e20ca188698a844152b3ff2646a2aa41baaf3bb1c2"
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 323 (2019) — Somerset County - Commissioners - Residency Requirements

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0323f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {990517/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {534630/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-01** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c0567b0-b15d-4bcc-a371-9725f5425b12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).