---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lodging Establishments - Accessible Rooms for Individuals With Disabilities - Bed Height"
description: "Lodging Establishments - Accessible Rooms for Individuals With Disabilities - Bed Height"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 771"
citation: "Maryland HB 771 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Arikan", "Brooks", "C. Jackson", "C. Watson", "Carey", "Charkoudian", "Crosby", "Fennell", "Griffith", "Howard", "McComas", "Qi", "Queen", "Reilly", "Rogers", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Walker", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7736a219-d054-4a51-9b5d-cacfbdd741a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0771?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d8812c4666916526f5c7c5684c524c84c52b93dc60555969287db767b288588d"
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 771 (2020) — Lodging Establishments - Accessible Rooms for Individuals With Disabilities - Bed Height

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Lodging Establishments - Accessible Rooms for Individuals With Disabilities - Bed Height** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_319_hb0771t.pdf)
2. **First - Lodging Establishments - Accessible Rooms for Individuals With Disabilities - Bed Height** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0771f.pdf)
3. **Third - Lodging Establishments - Accessible Rooms for Individuals With Disabilities - Bed Height** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0771t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Jackson — primary (person)
- C. Watson — primary (person)
- Carey — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** 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 319 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7736a219-d054-4a51-9b5d-cacfbdd741a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).