---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition"
description: "Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "Maryland HB 215 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones", "Davis", "Foley", "Love", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Ruth", "Simpson", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de7faefa-da4e-46d4-8897-7b034555e13f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0215?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c91916e9a54a0b820dbb3e37f0580f8ea7b913e0bcc3f06d43d642ed9fdf24eb"
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 215 (2023) — Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_769_hb0215t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0215f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0215t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Motion Special Order until 2/23 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2023-02-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-02-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de7faefa-da4e-46d4-8897-7b034555e13f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).