---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing or Removal of Vehicles - Reclamation Hours"
description: "Towing or Removal of Vehicles - Reclamation Hours"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "Maryland SB 545 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Muse"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/091b2601-4b65-46ea-a739-136b166d21b5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0545?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a6b81c935ba6710a4e126f9775ed4f0d7c3e8dfd4b8433730d212401e320d8c3"
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 545 (2023) — Towing or Removal of Vehicles - Reclamation Hours

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Towing or Removal of Vehicles - Reclamation Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_803_sb0545t.pdf)
2. **First - Towing or Removal of Vehicles - Reclamation Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0545f.pdf)
3. **Third - Towing or Removal of Vehicles - Reclamation Hours** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0545t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Motion Special Order until 3/14 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2023-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-28** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 803 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/091b2601-4b65-46ea-a739-136b166d21b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).