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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prince George’s County – Vehicle Laws – Authority to Tow Vehicles PG 418–18"
+description: "Prince George’s County – Vehicle Laws – Authority to Tow Vehicles PG 418–18"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 238"
+citation: "Maryland HB 238 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous", "Abandoned Vehicles", "Administrative Agencies", "County Executives", "Emergency Bills", "Law Enforcement", "Prince George's County", "Towing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-18"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96c6c972-bb7b-4df6-bc74-437c82832941"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB238&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "d99fc61af9e025da76e57b4da67c8da07b02b250c3ba76928454dfc852726a47"
+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 238 (2018) — Prince George’s County – Vehicle Laws – Authority to Tow Vehicles PG 418–18
+
+## 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/hb0238f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {328274/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** House Concur - Senate Amendments
+- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96c6c972-bb7b-4df6-bc74-437c82832941`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+