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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act"
+description: "Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 591"
+citation: "Maryland HB 591 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Arentz", "Beauchamp", "Hartman", "Hutchinson", "Sample-Hughes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-28"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8106aec-664a-4324-a3f7-020648a7abd0"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0591?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d949740f8ad0b13f2ff60dde53a23f03415cfb593ac87be2e98b5e574b8446a0"
+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 591 (2026) — Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_781_hb0591t.pdf)
+2. **First - Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0591f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Wicomico County - Highway Pedestrian Safety Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0591t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adams — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Beauchamp — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Hutchinson — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-28** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 781 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8106aec-664a-4324-a3f7-020648a7abd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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