---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing"
description: "Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 839"
citation: "Maryland HB 839 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/435bce76-168f-4f78-873b-061582607def"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0839?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c90131e9abe32bb2a9efde337d978b4af17f3c235ffced5950d9b858044839ad"
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 839 (2024) — Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_685_hb0839t.pdf)
2. **First - Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0839f.pdf)
3. **Third - Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0839t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/435bce76-168f-4f78-873b-061582607def`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).