---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations"
description: "Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 747"
citation: "Maryland SB 747 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Guzzone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40e7b362-f8e5-471e-bf2f-8377a7575bce"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0747?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6ec534f783d4e19c6036625fceba844026bf4e5ca6ffd3f75f1f57b75d49da27"
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 SB 747 (2024) — Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_499_sb0747e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0747e.pdf)
3. **First - Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0747f.pdf)
4. **Third - Local Government - Annual Audit Reporting Requirements - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0747t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 499 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40e7b362-f8e5-471e-bf2f-8377a7575bce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).