---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Battery-Charged Fence Security Systems - Regulation"
description: "Business Regulation - Battery-Charged Fence Security Systems - Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Maryland HB 261 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Branch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37ad4773-2a98-4ace-aea4-d2222b9d1eb6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0261?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d5988dadffca141522a231241a09bf50c7cacb8d359492a6ae8d6a680989b386"
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 261 (2021) — Business Regulation - Battery-Charged Fence Security Systems - Regulation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Battery-Charged Fence Security Systems - Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_407_hb0261t.pdf)
2. **First - Business Regulation - Battery-Charged Fence Security Systems - Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0261f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Regulation - Battery-Charged Fence Security Systems - Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0261t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **122–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Branch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2021-02-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-03-31** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-03-31** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wilson, T. Branch and Adams)
- **2021-04-01** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-01** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-01** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wilson, T. Branch and Adams)
- **2021-04-01** Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Motion Reconsider Amendments (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Motion to Withdraw Amendments (Senator Feldman) Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Senate Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Recede
- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 407 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37ad4773-2a98-4ace-aea4-d2222b9d1eb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).