---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation - State Highway Administration - Traffic Calming Devices"
description: "Transportation - State Highway Administration - Traffic Calming Devices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 560"
citation: "Maryland HB 560 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation - Highways", "Bicycles", "Boundaries", "Communications", "Construction", "Counties", "Engineers", "Equipment", "State Highway Administration", "Highways", "Motor Vehicle Operation", "Municipal Corporations", "Pedestrians", "Prices", "Publications", "Public Information", "Safety", "Traffic Regulation", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Healey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10582dc7-ee26-45a0-8992-0151109d3ced"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB560&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "bdbfd60236fe76a4f72811dbdff191e64206131f278a15ceccc204085ee8e015"
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 560 (2019) — Transportation - State Highway Administration - Traffic Calming Devices

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0560f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Healey — primary (person)
- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {640716/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10582dc7-ee26-45a0-8992-0151109d3ced`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).