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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Towing or Removal of Vehicles From Parking Lots – Placement of Signs – Regional Malls"
+description: "Towing or Removal of Vehicles From Parking Lots – Placement of Signs – Regional Malls"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 501"
+citation: "Maryland SB 501 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37ab30ed-bc1b-4dad-841f-9bca370b530c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0501?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "acdb4624a103748b881361fa9fbedf1730ef73bad7f3347b43cd3190c7b6e3e3"
+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 SB 501 (2021) — Towing or Removal of Vehicles From Parking Lots – Placement of Signs – Regional Malls
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Towing or Removal of Vehicles From Parking Lots – Placement of Signs – Regional Malls** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_643_sb0501t.pdf)
+2. **First - Towing or Removal of Vehicles From Parking Lots – Placement of Signs – Regional Malls** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0501f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Towing or Removal of Vehicles From Parking Lots – Placement of Signs – Regional Malls** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0501t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **112–25** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-25** Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-02-05** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed
+- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 643 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37ab30ed-bc1b-4dad-841f-9bca370b530c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+