---
type: "Bill"
title: "Southern Maryland Code Counties - Towing Companies - Authority to Regulate"
description: "Southern Maryland Code Counties - Towing Companies - Authority to Regulate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1320"
citation: "Maryland HB 1320 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Generally", "Baltimore City", "Code Counties", "Consumer Protection", "Counties", "Crimes and Punishments", "Fees", "Hearings", "Licenses", "Penalties and Sentences", "Safety", "Towing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d07b4f6f-e3bb-451b-9da3-3412fd1c0079"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1320&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "ac6bd1f79f69c87db83c0839425dc179db26c7128be88cd43163e6def95ab372"
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 1320 (2017) — Southern Maryland Code Counties - Towing Companies - Authority to Regulate

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1320f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Charles County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Favorable with Amendments {440119/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d07b4f6f-e3bb-451b-9da3-3412fd1c0079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).