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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database"
+description: "Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 553"
+citation: "Maryland HB 553 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Allen", "Amprey", "Behler", "Boyce", "Conaway", "Fair", "Hill", "Ivey", "Lewis", "McCaskill", "Palakovich Carr", "Rogers", "Ross", "Ruff", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Williams", "Young"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3756e9f-ab07-4b8a-803a-2f4a6a2bf893"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0553?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "2dda47772d0feb820a5489adc526e115a91db9800a82d6a4328d21c5dd930e51"
+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 553 (2026) — Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_397_hb0553t.pdf)
+2. **First - Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0553f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Public Safety - Elevator Inspection Certificates - Searchable Database** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0553t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **105–23** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- McCaskill — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Toles — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 397 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3756e9f-ab07-4b8a-803a-2f4a6a2bf893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+