---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020)"
description: "State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Maryland SB 285 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f435a006-f91c-4471-be5a-9c4036342dca"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0285?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "774b284111d0e3ffa8efa83fbd08bb47094d845cf7b5daa0b780bf1e404303ea"
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 285 (2020) — State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_103_sb0285t.pdf)
2. **First - State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0285f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0285t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **106–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 103 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f435a006-f91c-4471-be5a-9c4036342dca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).