---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services – Local Departments of Social Services – Audits"
description: "Human Services – Local Departments of Social Services – Audits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Maryland HB 251 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-10-03"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77933c5a-7a9a-4f0d-a02c-de3e721af5ec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0251?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2fac7e7357c52261ec16371ef7de73fe7a1535d3beb381352ffa7b4f9af8f3e0"
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 251 (2025) — Human Services – Local Departments of Social Services – Audits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Services – Local Departments of Social Services – Audits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_417_hb0251t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services – Local Departments of Social Services – Audits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0251f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services – Local Departments of Social Services – Audits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0251t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-08** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 417 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77933c5a-7a9a-4f0d-a02c-de3e721af5ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).