---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation – Wireless Security Systems – Local Government Licenses and Permits"
description: "Business Regulation – Wireless Security Systems – Local Government Licenses and Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 645"
citation: "Maryland HB 645 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Building Codes", "Counties", "Laws and Ordinances", "Licenses", "Municipal Corporations", "Registration", "Security Alarms", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Branch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01d33aad-4b8c-44cc-9c81-466406bac388"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB645&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "859bbe5af0697c6fec8ec355c91b9cd773129f38f15d7c419ab168f677966d1c"
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 645 (2018) — Business Regulation – Wireless Security Systems – Local Government Licenses and Permits

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0645f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Branch — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {253998/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01d33aad-4b8c-44cc-9c81-466406bac388`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).