---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County - Ethics - Conflict of Interest and Commissioner Expulsion"
description: "Calvert County - Ethics - Conflict of Interest and Commissioner Expulsion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 834"
citation: "Maryland HB 834 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc8f9fd2-cf7b-4c26-bca7-99c8be42e519"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0834?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3abf2e4cdc7f8999c002a8ecfc275cc4b4de74a294b177dc2d94de907ed92802"
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 834 (2024) — Calvert County - Ethics - Conflict of Interest and Commissioner Expulsion

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Calvert County - Ethics - Conflict of Interest and Commissioner Expulsion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_370_hb0834t.pdf)
2. **First - Calvert County - Ethics - Consequences of Conflict of Interest Violations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0834f.pdf)
3. **Third - Calvert County - Ethics - Conflict of Interest and Commissioner Expulsion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0834t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 370 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc8f9fd2-cf7b-4c26-bca7-99c8be42e519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).