---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipalities - Enforcement of Ordinances and Resolutions"
description: "Municipalities - Enforcement of Ordinances and Resolutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 820"
citation: "Maryland SB 820 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosapepe", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e4e8452-a67b-4c13-afe0-da8ec3f2cf00"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0820?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "01717aa35b842446568fe7c2705d827b97b7983323d79a7d4ea006d314084282"
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 820 (2025) — Municipalities - Enforcement of Ordinances and Resolutions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Municipalities - Enforcement of Ordinances and Resolutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_570_sb0820t.pdf)
2. **First - Municipalities - Enforcement of Ordinances and Resolutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0820f.pdf)
3. **Third - Municipalities - Enforcement of Ordinances and Resolutions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0820t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **104–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **35–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2025-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 570 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e4e8452-a67b-4c13-afe0-da8ec3f2cf00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).