---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal Advertisement or Legal Notice in Dorchester County - Publication in Newspaper or Newspaper in General Circulation - Digital Newspapers"
description: "Legal Advertisement or Legal Notice in Dorchester County - Publication in Newspaper or Newspaper in General Circulation - Digital Newspapers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 594"
citation: "Maryland HB 594 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dorchester County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110e2589-18c6-424a-9e13-fb610cdc4b70"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0594?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8f61f117c5506627a4ea827d3b3a913760ab18adc9be4a1f9d3dc5b4e1d46174"
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 594 (2024) — Legal Advertisement or Legal Notice in Dorchester County - Publication in Newspaper or Newspaper in General Circulation - Digital Newspapers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Legal Advertisement or Legal Notice in Dorchester County - Publication in Newspaper or Newspaper in General Circulation - Digital Newspapers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_688_hb0594t.pdf)
2. **First - Legal Advertisement or Legal Notice - Publication in Newspaper or Newspaper in General Circulation - Digital Newspapers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0594f.pdf)
3. **Third - Legal Advertisement or Legal Notice in Dorchester County - Publication in Newspaper or Newspaper in General Circulation - Digital Newspapers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0594t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dorchester County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 688 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/110e2589-18c6-424a-9e13-fb610cdc4b70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).