---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation - Notice of Entry Onto Private Property"
description: "Department of Transportation - Notice of Entry Onto Private Property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Maryland HB 163 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-07-29"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c1f1bc4-ef0e-4008-858e-af1c7d5a3bc1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0163?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ab7928cd52d59dfd507990a723a4c5335ea26cb462053d15cae55bd27f5eaed2"
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 163 (2022) — Department of Transportation - Notice of Entry Onto Private Property

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Transportation - Notice of Entry Onto Private Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_348_hb0163e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of Transportation - Notice of Entry Onto Private Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0163e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Information Act - Required Denials - Sociological Information and Distribution Lists** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0163f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Information Act - Required Denials - Sociological Information and Distribution Lists** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0163t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Hearing 1/18 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c1f1bc4-ef0e-4008-858e-af1c7d5a3bc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).