---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction"
description: "Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "Maryland HB 478 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Delegation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7e9902f-8dde-42cf-87ae-2b431ec919ca"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0478?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "85c9f514e1a4c70041eb519c9f3fb490579934bf5c1361c4fc7b918b9ed8e6a9"
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 478 (2025) — Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_427_hb0478e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0478e.pdf)
3. **First - Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0478f.pdf)
4. **Third - Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0478t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7e9902f-8dde-42cf-87ae-2b431ec919ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).