---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alarm Systems - Registration and Renewal - Penalties"
description: "Alarm Systems - Registration and Renewal - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 927"
citation: "Maryland SB 927 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Public Safety", "Contractors", "Counties", "Municipal Corporations", "Penalties and Sentences", "Registration", "Security Alarms", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8abe6992-bee6-44be-985f-0ad3246ef7f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB927&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "3e9f2af75d91666559cebc9f5ff17eff99b222dfb6adcccbd9bfac4b996ad705"
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 927 (2018) — Alarm Systems - Registration and Renewal - Penalties

## 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/sb0927f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-09** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {494835/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (136-1) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8abe6992-bee6-44be-985f-0ad3246ef7f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).