---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization"
description: "Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 967"
citation: "Maryland HB 967 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beauchamp", "Hartman", "Otto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdfbed42-547b-477d-b9bd-f392f89aa00d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0967?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "53d1e5996506230d3d6077bd27d0128ba889e90185009d6581204a436f5cd69c"
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 967 (2025) — Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_401_hb0967t.pdf)
2. **First - Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0967f.pdf)
3. **Third - Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0967t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdfbed42-547b-477d-b9bd-f392f89aa00d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).