---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Emergency Services Applicants - Polygraph Examinations"
description: "St. Mary's County - Emergency Services Applicants - Polygraph Examinations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 527"
citation: "Maryland HB 527 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d90e2c3c-fe05-4164-8eef-a51481b7bf50"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0527?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8c2d4f23625c8e914c712f4e82aeb9f1a434ee3264e5484f0a4c061c4b1fdb1c"
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 527 (2022) — St. Mary's County - Emergency Services Applicants - Polygraph Examinations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Emergency Services Applicants - Polygraph Examinations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_432_hb0527t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Emergency Services Applicants - Polygraph Examinations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0527f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Emergency Services Applicants - Polygraph Examinations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0527t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-20** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d90e2c3c-fe05-4164-8eef-a51481b7bf50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).