---
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: "SB 662"
citation: "Maryland SB 662 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Building Codes", "Codes", "Counties", "Electronic Communication", "Laws and Ordinances", "Licenses", "Registration", "Security Alarms", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton and Benson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0667ebd7-ced2-45cc-9676-62043b99368b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB662&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "0f3bf7fb286d014860e20259320ff60a505580dead6aafcda0c0ccc12e36fc89"
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 SB 662 (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/sb/sb0662f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Middleton and Benson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {227675/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 206 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0667ebd7-ced2-45cc-9676-62043b99368b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).