---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Performance Audits"
description: "State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Performance Audits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1501"
citation: "Maryland HB 1501 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0116b48-529c-4bdd-b22a-5e3209801ef7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1501?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3254419f3b27d8951cc3233262bf1994420889a14b1d4a1ad8166960d5a7d5f5"
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 1501 (2024) — State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Performance Audits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Performance Audits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_660_hb1501t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Performance Audits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1501f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Performance Audits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1501t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2024-03-07** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0116b48-529c-4bdd-b22a-5e3209801ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).