---
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: "SB 336"
citation: "Maryland SB 336 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "County Commissioners", "Reapportionment and Redistricting", "Residency", "Somerset County", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c69b01c2-06c9-4f59-86b5-4d2a830a4444"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB336&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "6125b152a8064bffa71268a99dbd3d3388cb1feac5def2c0c159b9ebdf810229"
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 336 (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/sb/sb0336f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Favorable with Amendments {914537/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable with Amendments {130216/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (43-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 194 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c69b01c2-06c9-4f59-86b5-4d2a830a4444`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).