---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Public Works Public Comment Act"
description: "Board of Public Works Public Comment Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 498"
citation: "Maryland HB 498 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Korman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b79a472-8474-4e70-814a-3eba2609b4f6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0498?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "77a8166d3791608f2cdd186454f75dcb1d43f757aded08988eb13c1746338a16"
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 498 (2023) — Board of Public Works Public Comment Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Board of Public Works Public Comment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_147_hb0498t.pdf)
2. **First - Board of Public Works Public Comment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0498f.pdf)
3. **Third - Board of Public Works Public Comment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0498t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Korman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 147 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b79a472-8474-4e70-814a-3eba2609b4f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).