---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary’s County and Metropolitan Commission – Debt Limitations"
description: "St. Mary’s County and Metropolitan Commission – Debt Limitations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 862"
citation: "Maryland HB 862 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2613081d-eb58-42b9-b098-f3182b7578c8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0862?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "af23b16ba309a250b165840754b396c75f0e41a511da90945f1d40e794d1c396"
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 862 (2021) — St. Mary’s County and Metropolitan Commission – Debt Limitations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary’s County and Metropolitan Commission – Debt Limitations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_510_hb0862t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary’s County and Metropolitan Commission – Debt Limitations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0862f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary’s County and Metropolitan Commission – Debt Limitations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0862t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-06** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 510 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2613081d-eb58-42b9-b098-f3182b7578c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).