---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators"
description: "Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 480"
citation: "Maryland HB 480 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Fennell", "Foley", "Odom", "Patterson", "Taylor", "Turner", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5179e62b-c7d0-463a-a5a4-fbe7ea9aef4b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0480?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "88d1f958479b096a9730ed5e836e7c47e64cd46135b1b2c0726315a538bf0da4"
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 480 (2026) — Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_232_hb0480t.pdf)
2. **First - Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0480f.pdf)
3. **Third - Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0480t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **39–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Reassigned to Environment and Transportation
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 232 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5179e62b-c7d0-463a-a5a4-fbe7ea9aef4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).