---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner"
description: "Baltimore City – Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 732"
citation: "Maryland HB 732 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Delegation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c6cdbbe-fe00-4e2d-b2a4-e6acedfc202f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0732?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "641d3fa6a9df67719e26cd277d468cb554ac739163c2e562afcaeadf08fac754"
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 732 (2024) — Baltimore City – Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_947_hb0732e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City – Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0732e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City – Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0732f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore City – Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0732t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **125–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **128–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baltimore City Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 947 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c6cdbbe-fe00-4e2d-b2a4-e6acedfc202f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).