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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization"
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description: "Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 539"
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citation: "Maryland HB 539 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Watson", "Lierman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-27"
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last_action: "2020-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c0f50a3-89fb-48cb-a5d7-968b0d9fb029"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0539?ys=2020RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "6a0c70f158925dfb334072e1b4ca14d5e17b79b9127013c5a394a587386805b4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 539 (2020) — Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_235_hb0539t.pdf)
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2. **First - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0539f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Local Governments - Resilience Authorities - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0539t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **110–20** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- C. Watson — primary (person)
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- Lierman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
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- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
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- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
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- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 235 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c0f50a3-89fb-48cb-a5d7-968b0d9fb029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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