---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization"
description: "Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 457"
citation: "Maryland SB 457 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Hershey", "Hester", "Kagan", "Lam", "Pinsky", "Rosapepe", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/295e90b2-e9e0-4232-8cf8-32972e9947fd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0457?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "53035ba4072262668be607fc70ead6f8b36e909a75e947b331fb188c9e11515d"
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 457 (2020) — Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_236_sb0457e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0457e.pdf)
3. **First - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0457f.pdf)
4. **Third - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0457t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **111–20** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **121–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed (44-1) `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 236 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/295e90b2-e9e0-4232-8cf8-32972e9947fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).