---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Highways - Commercial Signs in Rights-of-Way - Penalties"
description: "State Highways - Commercial Signs in Rights-of-Way - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Maryland SB 131 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Benson", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ee84d35-2d3c-460d-b6bc-d13ef5a3ec02"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0131?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "440247069c020e616616050d40b5768255ca9dbb7d73820babfb44e34bd32d94"
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 131 (2020) — State Highways - Commercial Signs in Rights-of-Way - Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Highways - Commercial Signs in Rights-of-Way - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_534_sb0131t.pdf)
2. **First - State Highways - Commercial Signs in Rights-of-Way - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0131f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Highways - Commercial Signs in Rights-of-Way - Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0131t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-10** Reassigned to Finance
- **2020-01-10** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-13** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 534 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ee84d35-2d3c-460d-b6bc-d13ef5a3ec02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).