---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Scooter and Electric Low Speed Scooter Sharing Companies – Nonvisual Access"
description: "Motor Scooter and Electric Low Speed Scooter Sharing Companies – Nonvisual Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 557"
citation: "Maryland HB 557 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderton", "Arikan", "Attar", "Bagnall", "Barve", "Boyce", "Brooks", "Carr", "Chang", "Charles", "Ciliberti", "Clark", "Cullison", "Feldmark", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Gilchrist", "Guyton", "Harrison", "Haynes", "Healey", "Hettleman", "Hill", "Holmes", "Jacobs", "Korman", "Krebs", "Krimm", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Lopez", "Love", "Malone", "Moon", "Otto", "Palakovich Carr", "Ruth", "Shetty", "Smith", "Solomon", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "Wells", "Wivell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfb606ea-58ef-4e21-aca7-e2d8327fdde7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0557?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9021f15a8839993845f852bceeb0438e99fea1baad028f1f1270da236ee678e9"
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 557 (2020) — Motor Scooter and Electric Low Speed Scooter Sharing Companies – Nonvisual Access

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Motor Scooter and Electric Low Speed Scooter Sharing Companies – Nonvisual Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_252_hb0557t.pdf)
2. **First - Motor and Electric Scooter Sharing Companies - Nonvisual Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0557f.pdf)
3. **Third - Motor Scooter and Electric Low Speed Scooter Sharing Companies – Nonvisual Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0557t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Gilchrist — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Haynes — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Krimm — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 252 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfb606ea-58ef-4e21-aca7-e2d8327fdde7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).