---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force"
description: "Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 739"
citation: "Maryland HB 739 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lewis", "Moon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c54a8a8e-7802-4162-ba47-309ae0755d86"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0739?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4e2d8859c49ace1b08f74cd4f8caa1becff8bd66b43e094644ae2630c0e90591"
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 739 (2020) — Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_309_hb0739t.pdf)
2. **First - Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0739f.pdf)
3. **Third - Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0739t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 309 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c54a8a8e-7802-4162-ba47-309ae0755d86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).