---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County – Deputy Clerk or Deputy Sheriff – Oath of Office"
description: "Carroll County – Deputy Clerk or Deputy Sheriff – Oath of Office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Maryland HB 720 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f69446a2-cf61-47f5-836a-2847342df0ab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0720?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a1e6730d4b36a7e0f39f325ef54e77644e7f27f801865b8ab5269c0a1b57ab29"
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 720 (2024) — Carroll County – Deputy Clerk or Deputy Sheriff – Oath of Office

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Carroll County – Deputy Clerk or Deputy Sheriff – Oath of Office** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_310_hb0720t.pdf)
2. **First - Carroll County – Deputy Clerk or Deputy Sheriff – Oath of Office** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0720f.pdf)
3. **Third - Carroll County – Deputy Clerk or Deputy Sheriff – Oath of Office** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0720t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f69446a2-cf61-47f5-836a-2847342df0ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).