---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Authority of County Council Over Inspector General - Housing Opportunities Commission MC 7-19"
description: "Montgomery County - Authority of County Council Over Inspector General - Housing Opportunities Commission MC 7-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 344"
citation: "Maryland HB 344 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Committees and Commissions", "County Councils", "Housing", "Inspections", "Laws and Ordinances", "Montgomery County", "Public Local Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b1c58a-e556-42a6-b00a-9ffe60cb0def"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB344&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "61d5358c158ab4d72dc888400ae492586131c004e3e811c2adb3d1bbd9cbbc7e"
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 344 (2019) — Montgomery County - Authority of County Council Over Inspector General - Housing Opportunities Commission MC 7-19

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0344f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-28** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-05** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-06** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 168 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4b1c58a-e556-42a6-b00a-9ffe60cb0def`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).