---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Building Authority Commission - Repeal"
description: "St. Mary's County - Building Authority Commission - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 359"
citation: "Maryland HB 359 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Civil Actions", "Committees and Commissions", "Construction", "County and Baltimore City Bonds", "County Commissioners", "Leases and Rent", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "Real Property", "Revenue and Taxes", "St. Mary's County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f07da6a-6030-44f6-b259-1dce558ed4df"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB359&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "7b2fb6fa33cdb090ee333729d4e5d7d22949a0f264484e4ff4301c7495f6a15f"
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 359 (2019) — St. Mary's County - Building Authority Commission - Repeal

## 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/hb0359f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** 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 181 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f07da6a-6030-44f6-b259-1dce558ed4df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).