---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Death Benefits"
description: "Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Death Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 627"
citation: "Maryland HB 627 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Beneficiaries", "Calvert County", "Death", "Fire Protection", "Rescue Squads", "Volunteers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a1da523-c3f6-45b0-bad4-32ea74447372"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB627&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "810aacc6bdcaa78471be6f8ec3541d7fc898d1e8254c9498572cd0c84237fa5a"
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 627 (2018) — Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Death Benefits

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0627f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a1da523-c3f6-45b0-bad4-32ea74447372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).