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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Procedures"
description: "Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 615"
citation: "Maryland HB 615 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities", "Charters", "Hearings", "Municipal Corporations", "Notices", "Referendum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisanti"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ad37a63-f34a-4834-8cc6-3ad5a5762b4f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB615&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "486225fc1a2d31d5edc29989a884ca64c4dd31b8598316e3ef637ac7fcc1de0a"
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 615 (2018) — Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Procedures
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0615f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lisanti — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {430711/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ad37a63-f34a-4834-8cc6-3ad5a5762b4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).