---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County - Procurement - Contracts and Bidding"
description: "Calvert County - Procurement - Contracts and Bidding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 815"
citation: "Maryland HB 815 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Calvert County", "Contracts", "County Commissioners", "News Media", "Notices", "Procurement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e3bb968-7e9f-4e9a-9fe8-3a508f7625f2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB815&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "b218825e01a97c46913a9bac265931e7b77cc61a6d7dd5c4a5011f0bd4a334d2"
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 815 (2018) — Calvert County - Procurement - Contracts and Bidding

## 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/hb0815f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (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.

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {210910/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e3bb968-7e9f-4e9a-9fe8-3a508f7625f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).