---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization"
description: "Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 472"
citation: "Maryland SB 472 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b68c64d-86e6-4d84-94e6-3feaec745691"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0472?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "21ed3939174343df1cb696e71a52f1d459bfbabdc8eb8d92104380fb5d645261"
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 472 (2026) — Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_404_sb0472t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0472f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0472t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 404 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b68c64d-86e6-4d84-94e6-3feaec745691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).