---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Definitions and Authority"
description: "Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Definitions and Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 648"
citation: "Maryland HB 648 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4741f147-11d0-4ee8-a4f8-7a3baf7a21a7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0648?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6dad1a7fc29128917103328c536ea6cdd6ca183f4f616417a8f25b0f66a639fd"
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 648 (2020) — Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Definitions and Authority

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Definitions and Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_288_hb0648t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Definitions and Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0648f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Emergency Management Agency - Definitions and Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0648t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 288 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4741f147-11d0-4ee8-a4f8-7a3baf7a21a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).