---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Vehicles - Police-Initiated Towing - Requirements"
description: "Commercial Vehicles - Police-Initiated Towing - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "Maryland HB 487 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62e36ebe-cc16-430e-a76a-489a6bb89ac4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0487?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "72d73f4da7c47de57b959186e2f825b1999c765ed97fc9f4e62c6ccecb625f94"
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 487 (2022) — Commercial Vehicles - Police-Initiated Towing - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commercial Vehicles - Police-Initiated Towing - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_575_hb0487e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Commercial Vehicles - Police-Initiated Towing - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0487e.pdf)
3. **First - Commercial Vehicles - Nonconsensual Towing - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0487f.pdf)
4. **Third - Commercial Vehicles - Police-Initiated Towing - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0487t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Salling) Adopted
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 575 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62e36ebe-cc16-430e-a76a-489a6bb89ac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).