---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harford County - Service of Process - Detention Center Employees"
description: "Harford County - Service of Process - Detention Center Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Maryland HB 573 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harford County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65ef8e37-ae99-4155-b3de-230f287ef45d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0573?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4ece3e55f6aaffbce6aa44fd757c81bb13c1254a7a77a56b2585e94c99e3adc7"
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 573 (2020) — Harford County - Service of Process - Detention Center Employees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Harford County - Service of Process - Detention Center Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_260_hb0573t.pdf)
2. **First - Harford County - Service of Process - Detention Center Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0573f.pdf)
3. **Third - Harford County - Service of Process - Detention Center Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0573t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harford County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 260 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65ef8e37-ae99-4155-b3de-230f287ef45d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).