---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds"
description: "Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Maryland HB 251 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Debt (Bond Bills)", "Carroll County", "Construction", "County and Baltimore City Bonds", "County Commissioners", "Emergencies", "Equipment", "Fire Protection", "Loans", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "Public Works"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a4d0d69-6fa3-4b35-887a-e987b574fceb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB251&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "86f38f15cb66b9d9aa1a3e329a013dc6e2f5dfac27d98db6bae5d48df8fc9ed6"
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 251 (2017) — Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0251f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (131-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a4d0d69-6fa3-4b35-887a-e987b574fceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).