---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services"
description: "Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 975"
citation: "Maryland HB 975 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57bffac9-5fc2-4d87-bddc-30b0d3d2ffa9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0975?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c1d5d1d6f167df24d7daa4451bc48c72441d403c70eeee3be3f5de75f5c0ed07"
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 975 (2024) — Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_984_hb0975t.pdf)
2. **First - Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0975f.pdf)
3. **Third - Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0975t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `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`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 984 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57bffac9-5fc2-4d87-bddc-30b0d3d2ffa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).