---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - County Council and District Council - Voting Thresholds PG/MC 100-22"
description: "Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - County Council and District Council - Voting Thresholds PG/MC 100-22"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "Maryland HB 397 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6650ec1c-9f3f-437c-8a00-4ed4d532e204"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0397?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a9bf8c131c03b5662a97caa4549281c11262103b14e51cfbfd95003d1d535489"
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 397 (2022) — Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - County Council and District Council - Voting Thresholds PG/MC 100-22

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - County Council and District Council - Voting Thresholds PG/MC 100-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_611_hb0397t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - County Council and District Council - Voting Thresholds PG/MC 100-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0397f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - County Council and District Council - Voting Thresholds PG/MC 100-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0397t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation and Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 611 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6650ec1c-9f3f-437c-8a00-4ed4d532e204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).