---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties"
description: "Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Maryland SB 290 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Administration", "McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb6faaec-1888-405b-8214-41bcffef59af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0290?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "19cf6e3846d83fdb390a2c201dacddef97a9ee63394a414a0c6fb9e55efff70c"
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 290 (2026) — Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_485_sb0290t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City – Ordinance Enforcement – Amount of Fines and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0290f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Fines and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0290t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **112–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baltimore City Administration — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 485 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb6faaec-1888-405b-8214-41bcffef59af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).