---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination"
description: "Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "Maryland HB 589 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dorchester County Delegation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b019a146-8d5d-4be4-8c4a-c8718d02ec5c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0589?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "717b566a801091a3d23be698852825b2e475ceece1e26647acb6299e132238cf"
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 589 (2024) — Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_380_hb0589e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0589e.pdf)
3. **First - Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0589f.pdf)
4. **Third - Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0589t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **130–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dorchester County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-29** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-29** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b019a146-8d5d-4be4-8c4a-c8718d02ec5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).