---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations"
description: "Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 976"
citation: "Maryland HB 976 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22fc69a-072f-4c10-85b1-bb5517f3137b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0976?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "56488bdf7f74e49d237a286ff4514376170d9cc88ffc08c787bb28c1d63f1ec3"
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 976 (2024) — Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_986_hb0976t.pdf)
2. **First - Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0976f.pdf)
3. **Third - Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0976t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 986 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c22fc69a-072f-4c10-85b1-bb5517f3137b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).