---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George’s County – Vehicle Laws – Authority to Tow Vehicles PG 418–18"
description: "Prince George’s County – Vehicle Laws – Authority to Tow Vehicles PG 418–18"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "Maryland HB 238 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Laws - Miscellaneous", "Abandoned Vehicles", "Administrative Agencies", "County Executives", "Emergency Bills", "Law Enforcement", "Prince George's County", "Towing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96c6c972-bb7b-4df6-bc74-437c82832941"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB238&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "d99fc61af9e025da76e57b4da67c8da07b02b250c3ba76928454dfc852726a47"
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 238 (2018) — Prince George’s County – Vehicle Laws – Authority to Tow Vehicles PG 418–18

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0238f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {328274/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96c6c972-bb7b-4df6-bc74-437c82832941`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).