---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Tow Trucks"
description: "Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Tow Trucks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 889"
citation: "Maryland HB 889 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road", "Highways", "Motor Vehicle Equipment", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Motor Vehicle Registration", "Towing", "Trucks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58ceb078-ab16-4c40-b087-98b5007b056e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB889&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "66dbd9e9f3fa32e69f0a67d9022e449155e9a1ee4daefed8845d537d013fbca4"
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 889 (2017) — Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Tow Trucks

## 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/hb0889f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Passed (139-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Floor Amendment {413624/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 748 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58ceb078-ab16-4c40-b087-98b5007b056e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).