---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Battery Operated Smoke Alarms"
description: "Public Safety - Battery Operated Smoke Alarms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 728"
citation: "Maryland SB 728 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Electronic Communication", "Fire Protection", "Penalties and Sentences", "Safety", "Security Alarms", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5423ded6-21b2-428f-8c1a-166a3c7f2713"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB728&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "a5c818fcf8547e11299d2a410546cc6350fcb41b37cb5b5ea3b547256e7f139c"
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 728 (2018) — Public Safety - Battery Operated Smoke Alarms

## 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/sb/sb0728f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **121–11** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {688479/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {290118/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (121-11) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 484 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5423ded6-21b2-428f-8c1a-166a3c7f2713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).