---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Bicounty Agencies - Commissioner Discipline, Disclosures, Training, and Ethics MC/PG 105-23"
description: "Montgomery County - Bicounty Agencies - Commissioner Discipline, Disclosures, Training, and Ethics MC/PG 105-23"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 778"
citation: "Maryland HB 778 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fbf553b-b3e0-406d-9474-95168ab920e3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0778?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "407ce7bba62c47965dd7fe98f6365c1fffa21bda67e21579cfdbb06ac275cf0e"
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 778 (2023) — Montgomery County - Bicounty Agencies - Commissioner Discipline, Disclosures, Training, and Ethics MC/PG 105-23

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Montgomery County - Bicounty Agencies - Commissioner Discipline, Disclosures, Training, and Ethics MC/PG 105-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_239_hb0778t.pdf)
2. **First - Montgomery County - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Commissioner Requirements and Open Meetings (Montgomery County Planning Trust and Transparency Act of 2023) MC/PG 105-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0778f.pdf)
3. **Third - Montgomery County - Bicounty Agencies - Commissioner Discipline, Disclosures, Training, and Ethics MC/PG 105-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0778t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fbf553b-b3e0-406d-9474-95168ab920e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).