---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Sheriff - Salary Ho. Co. 03-22"
description: "Howard County - Sheriff - Salary Ho. Co. 03-22"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 885"
citation: "Maryland HB 885 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c24de05c-064e-4744-8465-3fade30f477e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0885?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "29ba6d78ec85a554c9534dae6393676cae836657464f8c7ae52950427ff37166"
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 885 (2022) — Howard County - Sheriff - Salary Ho. Co. 03-22

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Sheriff - Salary Ho. Co. 03-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_538_hb0885t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County - Sheriff - Salary Ho. Co. 03-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0885f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Sheriff - Salary Ho. Co. 03-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0885t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/01 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 Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-11** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 538 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c24de05c-064e-4744-8465-3fade30f477e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).