---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data Storage and Upload"
description: "Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data Storage and Upload"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "Maryland HB 1081 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway", "Kaufman", "Phillips", "Simmons", "Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf2cc4bb-50a3-439d-9c44-18089300548b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1081?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "82673b3dc4623a99472ffbac9d54b05d0d7433716235932a36ec7865b60e4644"
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 1081 (2024) — Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data Storage and Upload

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data Storage and Upload** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_875_hb1081t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1081f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data Storage and Upload** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1081t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–17** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conaway — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 875 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf2cc4bb-50a3-439d-9c44-18089300548b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).