---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Police Officer - Data Collection and Reporting"
description: "Public Safety - Police Officer - Data Collection and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1248"
citation: "Maryland HB 1248 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10ae426f-7901-4774-96e7-7f815f7984d1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1248?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5c54631cc656d9f47981f60eef9a2ba30f468663d345b5744029479d6226e155"
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 1248 (2021) — Public Safety - Police Officer - Data Collection and Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Police Officer - Data Collection and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_391_hb1248e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Police Officer - Data Collection and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1248e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety – Law Enforcement Officer – Data Collection and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1248f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Police Officer - Data Collection and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1248t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **115–21** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **119–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-31** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-31** Hearing 3/31 at 1:45 p.m.
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 391 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10ae426f-7901-4774-96e7-7f815f7984d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).